Judge, Constitutional Court

Tomáš Langášek (born in 1974 in Kyjov, Moravia, Czech Republic) graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague in 1999 with a master’s degree in law. In 2000, he obtained an LL.M. in Comparative Constitutional Law with merit from Central European University in Budapest, focusing on freedom of expression and religion and the constitutional implications of classifying information on national security grounds. In 2012, he obtained a JUDr. degree in legal history from the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno.

He began his professional career in 2001 as a lawyer at the Office of the Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman), handling complaints concerning fundamental rights and freedoms, particularly in prisons, institutional and protective care, and child protection. From 2002 to 2005, he was a member of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Other Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Czech Government Council for Human Rights. From 2002 to 2010, he also served as a permanent alternate member of the Council.

In 2003 the President of the Constitutional Court appointed him as his law clerk. He subsequently headed the Court’s Analytical Department and served as Secretary General of the Constitutional Court from 2009 to 2013.

He was also a member of the Judicial Academy Council from 2009 to 2013 and an alternate member of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) from 2010 to 2015.

From 2013 to 2024, he served as a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court, where he also chaired the seven-member chamber responsible for electoral matters, referendums and political parties, and the six-member disciplinary chamber for judges.

On 25 June 2024, President Petr Pavel appointed him as a Justice of the Constitutional Court.

He has served on the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission (European Commission for Democracy through Law) since 2022, initially as a substitute member and, since November 2026, as a full member.