Lourens Wepener Hugo "Laurie" Ackermann (b 14 January 1934) is a former

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of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, where he served from 1994 to 2004. Ackermann was born in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

and he matriculated from

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in 1950. He studied law at

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and

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, where he went in 1954 as a Cape Rhodes Scholar. Laurie served on the Lesotho Court of Appeal from 1988 to 1992 and as the

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n Supreme Court's acting judge of appeal from 1991 to 1992. He is married to Denise and has three children. Ackermann was appointed to the newly formed Constitutional Court in 1994 after his nomination by President Nelson Mandela. He is an honorary fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, his old college.

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Justice LWH Ackermann — Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ackermann, Lourens 1934 births Living people Justices of the Supreme Court of Namibia Judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa People from Pretoria Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Stellenbosch University alumni South African Rhodes Scholars South African judges on the courts of Lesotho South African judges on the courts of Namibia