Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat
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 | Judiciary |
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| Politics of Malaysia |
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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. She is the first woman to ascend to the highest judicial office of the country.
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.