Faiq Zaidan

Faiq Zaidan
فائق زيدان العبودي
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq
Assumed office
23 January 2017
Preceded byHassan Ibrahim Humairi
President of the Court of Cassation of Iraq
Assumed office
6 February 2016
Personal details
Born
Faiq Zaidan Khalaf Sheikh Farhan al-Aboudi

(1967-03-09) 9 March 1967
Baghdad, Iraq
Alma mater
OccupationLawyer, Judge, Professor

Faiq Zaidan (Arabic: فائق زيدان; born March 9, 1967) is an Iraqi judge and professor who has been the President of the Federal Court of Cassation since 2016. He assumed the position of President of the Supreme Judicial Council in 2017. During his tenure, he has established strong bilateral relations with the judiciaries of the United Kingdom, the UAE, France, Spain and others.