§ 17 SDSG
Appointment and term of office
(1)1The State Commissioner for Data Protection must, in addition to the required experience and expertise pursuant to Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in particular in the field of the protection of personal data, possess the qualification for judicial office or for the higher administrative service. 2The State Commissioner for Data Protection shall be elected by the state parliament for six years and appointed as a civil servant on a fixed-term basis. 3He or she shall be appointed by the President of the state parliament. 4Re-election and appointment for further terms of office shall be permitted. 5The office shall be continued until a successor takes office, but for a maximum of six months after the expiry of the term of office.
(2)1The State Commissioner for Data Protection may only be dismissed, other than at his or her own request, by removal from office pursuant to Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 for a committed serious misconduct or a condition no longer fulfilled for the performance of his or her tasks by the President of the state parliament after recall by the state parliament of Saarland, where the corresponding application of the provisions on the removal of judges appointed for life so justifies. 2The President of the state parliament shall exercise official supervision insofar as the independence of the State Commissioner for Data Protection is not thereby impaired. zur Einzelansicht § 17