Chief Justice of Bangladesh

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Chief Justice of Bangladesh is the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh He also is the head of the whole judicial establishment in the country, including subordinate courts.

The Chief Justice is appointed by the President of Bangladesh from the sitting judges of the Appellate Division, usually the senior most Justice. He sits in the Appellate Division with other judges to hear and decide cases. The Chief Justice presides over full court meetings to transact business relating to the administration of the Supreme Court, and control discipline of the judges and magistrates of the subordinate courts.

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
01	Mr. Justice Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem	16.12.1972	5.11.1975
02	Mr. Justice Syed A.B. Mahmud Husain	18.11.1975	31.1.1978
03	Mr. Justice Ruhul Islam (CJ of the High Court)	13.08.1976	22.01.1978
04	Mr. Justice Kemaluddin Hossain	01.02.1978	11.4.1982
05	Mr. Justice F.K.M. Munim	12.04.1982	30.11.1989
06	Mr. Justice Badrul Haider Chowdhury	1.12.1989	01.01.1990
07	Mr. Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed	14.01.1990	31.01.1995
08	Mr. Justice M.H. Rahman	01.02.1995	30.04.1995
09	Mr. Justice A.T.M Afzal	01.05.1995	31.05.1999
10	Mr. Justice Mustafa Kamal	01.06.1999	31.12.1999
11	Mr. Justice Latifur Rahman	01.01.2000	28.02.2001
12	Mr. Justice Mahmudul Amin Choudhury	01.03.2001	17.06.2002
13	Mr. Justice Mainur Reza Choudhury	18.06.2002	22.06.2003
14	Mr. Justice Khondokar Mahmud Hasan	23.06.2003	26.01.2004
15	Mr. Justice Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain	27.01.2004	28.02.2007
16	Mr. Justice Md. Ruhul Amin	01.03.2007	31.05.2008
17	Mr. Justice M M Ruhul Amin	01.06.2008	22.12.2009
18	Mr. Justice Md. Tafazzul Islam	23.12.2009	07.02.2010
19	Mohammad Fazlul Karim	08.02.2010	30.9.2010
20	A.B.M. Khairul Haque	01.10.2010	17.5.2011
21	Md. Muzammel Hossain	18.5.2011

See also

• Supreme Court of Bangladesh
• Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
• Chief Adviser

References

• Chief Justice. Banglapedia (National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh)
• Khairul Haque made CJ [1]