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Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat | |
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| تڠكو ميمون توان مت | |
 Tengku Maimun in 2019 | |
| 10th Chief Justice of Malaysia | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Appointed by | Abdullah |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2019–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (2019–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2022) |
| Preceded by | Richard Malanjum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat 2 July 1959 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Spouse | Zamani Ibrahim |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya (LLB) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Tun Dato' Seri Utama Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (Jawi: تڠكو ميمون توان مت; born 2 July 1959) is a Malaysian lawyer who has served as the 10th Chief Justice of Malaysia since May 2019.[1] She is the first woman to ascend to the highest judicial office of the country.[2][3]
Tengku Maimun was announced as Malaysia's new Chief Justice, succeeding Richard Malanjum who retired in April 2019, in a statement released by the Prime Minister's Department on 2 May 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:5was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Tengku Maimun named new chief justice". Free Malaysia Today. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Tengku Maimun is Malaysia's first woman CJ". The Star (Malaysia). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.