Ilsemarie Meyer

Ilsemarie Meyer is a German lawyer, judge and the recently retired president of the Bremen State Court. She has also served, since 2004, as president of the Court of Justice of the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony.

Life Ilsemarie Meyer was born at Wulmstorf (Thedinghausen), a short distance upriver from Bremen. She attended school in nearby Verden, passing her Abitur (school final exam) in 1971, thereby opening the way to university level education. She passed her level 1 national law exams in February 1977. Between September 1990 and June 1991 she served as a judge at the Bremen Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht). Since 2017 she has also served as a member of the national constitutional court of the Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland / EKD) federation of protestant churches.