The Presidents of the Federal Court of Justice
| Name | Date & place of birth | Last office held before joining the FCoJ | Assumed office at FCoJ | Left the FCoJ | ||
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| 8 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Tolksdorf | 14.11.1948 Gelsenkirchen | Judge at Higher Regional Court Hamm/Westphalia | 21.1.1992 20.9.2001 1.2.2008 | Judge at FCoJ Presiding Judge at FCoJ President of FCoJ | |
| 7 | Prof. Dr. Günter Hirsch | 30.01.1943 Neuburg / Danube | Judge at the European Court of Justice | 15.07.2000 | President of FCoJ | 31.01.2008 retirement |
| 6 | Dr. h.c. Karlmann Geiß | 31.05.1935 Ellwangen | President of Higher Regional Court Stuttgart | 01.08.1996 | President of FCoJ | 31.05.2000 retirement |
| 5 | Prof. Dr. Walter Odersky | 17.07.1931 Neustadt / Upper Silesia | President of Bavarian Higher Regional Court | 01.01.1988 | President of FCoJ | 31.07.1996 retirement |
| 4 | Prof. Dr. Gerd Pfeiffer | 22.12.1919 Striegau / Silesia | Associate judge at Higher Regional Court in Munich | 07.04.1966 05.03.1970 03.11.1976 01.10.1977 | Federal Judge Presiding Judge at FCoJ Vice President of FCoJ President of FCoJ | 31.12.1987 retirement 01.02.2007 deceased |
| 3 | Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Fischer | 22.08.1911 Gießen | Presiding Judge at Regional Court in Göttingen | 01.11.1950 01.01.1963 01.04.1968 | Federal Judge Presiding Judge at FCoJ President of FCoJ | 30.09.1977 retirement 04.03.1983 deceased |
| 2 | Dr. Dr. h.c. Bruno Heusinger | 02.03.1900 Holzminden | President of Higher Regional Court Celle | 01.04.1960 | President of FCoJ | 31.03.1968 retirement 03.08.1987 deceased |
| 1 | Dr. h.c. Hermann Weinkauff | 10.02.1894 Trippstadt / Pfalz | President of Higher Regional Court Bamberg (1937-1945 Judge at the Supreme Court of the German Reich) | 01.10.1950 | President of FCoJ | 31.03.1960 retirement 09.07.1981 deceased |