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Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2000)

Ismail Mahomed

Chief Justice of South Africa from 1997 to 2000

Ismail Mahomed SCOB SC was a South African lawyer and jurist who served as the first non-white Chief Justice of South Africa from January 1997 until his death in June 2000. He was also the Chief Justice of Namibia from 1992 to 1999 and the inaugural Deputy President of the…
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Chief Justice of South Africa

Head of the South African judiciary

The chief justice of South Africa is the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court and head of the judiciary of South Africa, who exercises final authority over the functioning and management of all the courts.
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