Jadranka Sovdat

Jadranka Sovdat (born 28 April 1960, Ljubljana), is a Slovenian lawyer, professor and former judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia.

She served as Secretary-General (1999–2009), Vice-President (2013–2016) and President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia (2016–2018).

In 1982, she graduated from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and passed the bar exam in 1984. She took up employment at the Ministry of Justice. Among other things, she is the co-author of the legislation on the legal profession, court organization and judicial service, the state prosecutorial service, and administrative disputes that were drafted in the first years following the implementation of the new constitutional order. During her final year at the Ministry of Justice, she also headed the Justice Sector, which at the time oversaw both the legislative drafting work and tasks related to judicial administration and the financing of judicial bodies.

She started working at the Constitutional Court as an adviser in 1994. In 1999, she was appointed Secretary-General and served in this position until 2009, when she was elected judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia. She is the only woman who has served as Secretary-General, Vice-President, and President of the Court.