Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias

Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias (born 26 May 1946) is a former Spanish judge at the European Court of Justice (31 January 1986 - 7 October 2003). He was 9th President of the Court from 7 October 1994 to 7 October 2003.

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias has a degree at University of Oviedo, (1968) and doctorate in law at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1975). In 1982 he was appointed Professor of Public International Law at the University of Extremadura and he held the same Chair at the University of Granada from 1983 to 2003. He has been both Judge (1986–2003) and President (1994–2003) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. In December 2003 he was appointed Professor of Public International Law at Madrid’s Universidad Complutense. He is Jean Monnet Chair of European Community Law, Director of the Department of European Studies at the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset (2004–05), Co-director of the Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo and member of the Editorial Boards of various law reviews.

He is the author of a number of publications, particularly on European Union Law, among which are to be highlighted those on State monopolies and the public sector, the judicial application of EU law, European constitutional affairs and the protection of fundamental rights and liberties.