Chief Justice of Afghanistan

Chief Justice of Afghanistan
Chief Justice of Afghanistan
Pashto: د افغانستان لوی څارنوال ; Dari: قاضی ارشد افغانستان
	Logo of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan
	Incumbent; Abdul Hakim Haqqani; since 15 August 2021
	Supreme Court of Afghanistan
Member of	Leadership Council
Reports to	Leadership
Seat	Kabul
Appointer	Supreme Leader
Deputy	Deputy Chief Justice

The chief justice of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان لوی څارنوال; Dari: قاضی ارشد افغانستان) is the head of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. The current chief justice is Abdul Hakim Haqqani, who is a founding member of the Taliban.

List of chief justices

Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (until 1992)

Nizamuddin Tahzib^[1]
Abdul Karim Shadan^[2]

Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)

Abdul Satar Sanaie^[3]
Noor Mohammad Saqib

Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Fazal Hadi Shinwari (December 2001 – May 2006), was a member of the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
Abdul Salam Azimi (5 August 2006 – 23 October 2014), a former professor at the University of Arizona in the United States
Sayed Yousuf Halim (27 July 2015 – 15 August 2021), former Deputy Minister of Justice for Technical Affairs (and Acting Minister of Justice), Deputy Minister for Administrative Affairs, and Head of the Ministry of Justice's General Legislative Department^[4]

Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)

Abdul Hakim Haqqani (15 August 2021 – present)

References

^ Johnson, Thomas H.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2021-05-15). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4929-4.
^ "Human rights defenders in Afghanistan: Civil society destroyed" (PDF). Amnesty International. 1 Nov 1999.
^ "Refworld | Afghanistan: Declaration of Amnesties and Invitation to Afghan Refugees to Repatriate". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ "The Supreme Court Chief Justice Biography - the Supreme Court". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

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[1] Johnson, Thomas H.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2021-05-15). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4929-4.

[2] "Human rights defenders in Afghanistan: Civil society destroyed" (PDF). Amnesty International. 1 Nov 1999.

[3] "Refworld | Afghanistan: Declaration of Amnesties and Invitation to Afghan Refugees to Repatriate". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[4] "The Supreme Court Chief Justice Biography - the Supreme Court". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

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