The chief justice of Afghanistan is the head of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
's
supreme court. There have been multiple supreme courts throughout Afghanistan's history. The current supreme court is the
, and its current chief justice is
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai ( ), also known as Abdul Hakim Haqqani ( ) and Abdul Hakim Sharie ( ; also spelt Sharai or Sharia), is an Afghan Islamic scholar, writer and the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanista ...
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List of chief justices
Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001)
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Noor Mohammad Saqib
Noor Mohammad Saqib ( ) is the Minister of Hajj and Awqaf in Afghanistan. He also previously served as chief justice of the Supreme Court during the 1996–2001 rule of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Education
Saqib studied at Darul Ulo ...
Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001-2021)
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Faisal Ahmad Shinwari
Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927 – February 21, 2011) was an Afghan cleric who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2001 until 2006. He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in accordance with the ...
(December 2001 – May 2006), was a member of the
Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
The Islamic Dawah Organization of Afghanistan ( ps, د اسلامي دعوت تنظيم افغانستان, fa, تنظیم دعوت اسلامی افغانستان, ''Tanzim-e Dahwat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan'') is a political party in Afghanistan ...
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Abdul Salam Azimi
Abdul Salam Azimi (born 1936 in Farah Province) is an Afghan judge who was the Chief Justice of Afghanistan and, as such, the head of the Afghan Supreme Court from May 2006 to October 2014, when he resigned his position.
A former professor at ...
(May 2006 – October 2014), a former
professor
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at the
University of Arizona
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T ...
in the
United States
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Sayed Yousuf Halim
Sayed Yousuf Halim (1959 – 17 October 2022) was an Afghan judge. He was Chief Justice of Afghanistan, chief justice of Afghanistan from 2015 to 2021.
He was born in 1959 in Nangahar Province. He worked for justice ministry from 1985. He became ...
(October 2014 – 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
Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021-present)
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Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai ( ), also known as Abdul Hakim Haqqani ( ) and Abdul Hakim Sharie ( ; also spelt Sharai or Sharia), is an Afghan Islamic scholar, writer and the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanista ...
(August 2021 – present)
References
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
Afghan judges
Judiciary of Afghanistan
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Law enforcement in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan