Joseph H. H. Weiler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joseph H. H. Weiler

American legal scholar

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1951

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: writer, teacher, politician, author, poet lawyer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler (born 2 September 1951) is a South African-American academic, currently serving as European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York University Law School and Senior Fellow of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard.
He was President of the European University Institute in Florence from 2013 until 2016.
He holds a diploma from the Hague Academy of International Law.
Weiler is the author of works relating to the sui generis character of the European Union.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
On 7 December 2012 the European University Institute's High Council approved his selection as the European University Institute's new President.
He started his term on 1 September 2013 and served through 31 August 2016.