New CJ takes oath of office before Agong

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has presented the instrument of appointment to the new Chief Justice, Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, at Istana Negara.

Tengku Maimun, a former Federal Court judge and the first woman to be made the chief justice, subsequently took the oath of office on Nonday .

Tengku Maimun, who will be 60 in July, is a graduate of Universiti Malaya and began her career as the legal officer of the Kelantan Selatan Development Authority in 1982. Tengku Maimun, who was born in Kota Baru, has held several positions including as a magistrate, sessions court judge, federal counsel, senior assistant registrar and special officer to former chief justices Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah and Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim.

 

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