Chief Justice of Afghanistan

Head judge on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan

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.

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

1. Johnson, Thomas H.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2021-05-15). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4929-4.
2. https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa110121999en.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
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.