Chief Justice of Bangladesh
chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Chief Justice of Bangladesh is the chief of the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The Chief Justice is picked by the President of Bangladesh.
List of chief justices of Bangladesh
changeN | Name | Period of office | Appointing president | |
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1 | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem | 16 December 1972 | 5 November 1975 | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury |
2 | Syed A. B. Mahmud Hossain | 18 November 1975 | 31 January 1978 | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem |
3 | Kemaluddin Hossain | 1 February 1978 | 11 April 1982 | Ziaur Rahman |
4 | Fazle Kaderi Mohammad Abdul Munim | 12 April 1982 | 30 November 1989 | Ahsanuddin Chowdhury |
5 | Badrul Haider Chowdhury | 1 December 1989 | 1 January 1990 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
6 | Shahabuddin Ahmed | 14 January 1990 | 31 January 1995 | |
7 | M.H. Rahman | 1 February 1995 | 30 April 1995 | Abdur Rahman Biswas |
8 | ATM Afzal | 1 May 1995 | 31 May 1999 | |
9 | Mustafa Kamal | 1 June 1999 | 31 December 1999 | Shahabuddin Ahmed |
10 | Latifur Rahman | 1 January 2000 | 28 February 2001 | |
11 | Mahmudul Amin Choudhury | 1 March 2001 | 17 June 2002 | |
12 | Mainur Reza Chouwdhury | 18 June 2002 | 22 June 2003 | Badruddoza Chowdhury |
13 | Khondokar Mahmud Hasan | 23 June 2003 | 26 January 2004 | Iajuddin Ahmed |
14 | Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain | 27 January 2004 | 28 February 2007 | |
15 | Md. Ruhul Amin | 1 March 2007 | 31 May 2008 | |
16 | M M Ruhul Amin | 1 June 2008 | 22 December 2009 | |
17 | Md. Tafazzul Islam | 23 December 2009 | 7 February 2010 | Zillur Rahman |
18 | Mohammad Fazlul Karim | 8 February 2010 | 30 September 2010 | |
19 | A.B.M. Khairul Haque | 1 October 2010 | 17 May 2011 | |
20 | Md. Muzammel Hossain | 18 May 2011 | 16 January 2015 | |
21 | Surendra Kumar Sinha | 17 January 2015 | 11 November 2017 | Abdul Hamid |
22 | Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah | 11 November 2017 | 2 February 2018 | |
23 | Syed Mahmud Hossain | 2 February 2018 | Incumbent |
References
change- Chief Justice Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine. Banglapedia (National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh)