Dr. med. Dr. h.c.
Josef Schuster
Central Council of Jews in Germany
Christian Thiel/Deutscher Ethikrat
Focus of the commitment in the German Ethics Council
- Medical ethics
- Ethical questions from a Jewish perspective
Professional background
- Until 2020 Internist with medical practice in Würzburg
- 1980 PhD as Dr. med.
- 1973–1979 Studies of medicine at the University of Würzburg
Memberships
- Since 2020 Member of the German Ethics Council
- Since 2014 President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
- Since 2014 Vice President of the World Jewish Congress
- Since 2014 Vice President of the European Jewish Congress
- Since 2002 President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Bavaria (Landesverband Israelitischer Kultusgemeinden in Bayern)
- Since 1998 President of the Jewish Communities in Würzburg and Lower Franconia
Distinctions
- 2024 Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
- 2021 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2021 German Cultural Policy Award (Deutscher Kulturpolitikpreis) of the German Cultural Council
- 2010 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2006 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Gold