Uzi Vogelman
עוּזִי פוֹגֶלְמָן
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel
Assumed office
2009
Nominated byYaakov Neeman
Appointed byShimon Peres
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byNeal Hendel
Personal details
Born (1954-10-06) 6 October 1954
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University (LLB)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LLM)
Harvard University (MPA)

Uzi Vogelman (Hebrew: עוּזִי פוֹגֶלְמָן; born 6 October 1954) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Israel and the acting president of the Supreme Court of Israel.[1]

Life and career

Vogelman was born in Tel Aviv. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces, he studied law at Tel Aviv University. He earned a Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to the Israel Bar Association in 1980. He then earned a Master of Laws from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1985 and a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1990. Vogelman served as an attorney in the State Attorney's office from 1982 to 1995, first in the Criminal Division and High Court of Justice Division, then as Deputy and Senior Deputy to the State Attorney. He served as the Director of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law from 1995 to 2000.[2]

In 2000, he was appointed a judge on the Tel Aviv District Court, and in 2007, he served as an acting justice on the Supreme Court of Israel.[3] He became a permanent judge on the Supreme Court in 2009. He was expected to become its President in 2023 following Esther Hayut's retirement until his own retirement a year later, but due to the short term he would serve, he decided not to serve as President of the Supreme Court.[4]

Following Hayut's retirement on 16 October 2023, Vogelman serves as acting President.

Notable Rulings

  • In 2009, the court granted a petition regarding an IDF order barring Palestinians from driving on Road 443 .[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Uzi Vogelman on the official Supreme Court website" (in Hebrew).
  2. ↑ http://elyon1.court.gov.il/eng/judges/doc/CvVogelman.pdf
  3. ↑ "Israeli Supreme Court decisions search - Israeli Lawyers | Israeli Law Firm Golan & Co". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Justice Vogelman Expected to Decline Supreme Court Presidency". Haaretz. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Text of Supreme Court Decision on Road 443" (PDF). The official Court Website. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
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