Asher Grunis
Asher Grunis | |
|---|---|
| אשר דן גרוניס | |
| President of the Supreme Court of Israel | |
| In office 2012–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Dorit Beinisch |
| Succeeded by | Miriam Naor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1945年01月17日) January 17, 1945 (age 80) Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Rene Grunis |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Virginia Law School Osgoode Hall Law School |
Asher Dan Grunis (Hebrew: אשר דן גרוניס; born January 17, 1945) was the President of the Supreme Court of Israel between 2012 and 2015. He was appointed to the position on February 28, 2012, after the retirement of Dorit Beinisch. He retired from the bench in January 2015 at the age of 70.
Biography
[edit ]Asher Dan Grunis was born in Tel Aviv. He was named for his grandfather, Rav Asher Grunis (1877-1937), the rabbi of Cardiff, Wales.[1] Grunis served in the Israeli Army (1962–1965), earned an LL.B. degree (1968) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was admitted to the Israeli bar in 1969. In 1972 he earned a Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from the University of Virginia in the United States before being awarded a D.Jur. from Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada.[2] [3] Grunis served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2003 to January 2015.
Personal life
[edit ]Grunis is married to Rina Meshel-Grunis, a former judge of the Tel-Aviv District Court. He has three daughters and two grandsons.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ The quiet man who is making a storm in Israel's Supreme Court scene
- ^ "Biography at Stanford Law Review". Archived from the original on 2008年07月05日. Retrieved 2008年11月05日.
- ^ "Official Israeli Courts biography". Archived from the original on 2012年03月31日. Retrieved 2008年11月05日.
- ^ "Asher Dan Grunis". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Archived from the original on 2013年06月06日. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Judges of the Supreme Court of Israel
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni
- Academic staff of Tel Aviv University
- Israeli people of British-Jewish descent
- Israeli soldiers
- Osgoode Hall Law School alumni
- Lawyers from Tel Aviv
- Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Israel