Tun Md Raus Sharif

The honourable tan sri datuk zainun ali the honourable dato mah weng kwai the honourable dato professor johan shamsuddin sabaruddin othman.

Tun md raus sharif. Samy vellu and tan sri michael chen wing sum were conferred the country s highest award the seri setia mahkota s s m award which carries the title tun. Beliau menggantikan arifin zakaria. It s tun md raus sharif from today september 9 2017 9 04 pm raggie jessy putrajaya. Despite questions surrounding the validity of judgments made by former chief justice cj tun md raus sharif and former court of appeal president tan sri zulkefli ahmad makinudin after their appointments were challenged the apex court ruled that they should stand to maintain the court s integrity this was decided by the federal court yesterday by current cj tun tengku.

On 12 september 2011 he was appointed as the president of the court of appeal. Tun raus was elevated to the court of appeal on 28 july 2006. Court of appeal president tan sri md raus sharif has been appointed as the new chief justice of malaysia effective today. Thereafter on 14 october 2009 to the federal court.

He replaced arifin zakaria. He succeeds tun arifin zakaria who retired as chief justice after reaching the age of 66 years and six months. Tun raus reached the pinnacle of his judicial carrer when he assumed the office as the 14th cheif justice on 1 april 2017. The right honourable tun dato seri zaki tun azmi.

Despite questions surrounding the validity of judgments made by former chief justice cj tun md raus sharif and former court of appeal president tan sri zulkefli ahmad makinudin after their appointments were challenged the apex court ruled that they should stand to maintain the court s integrity. Chief justice md raus sharif and two former cabinet ministers s samy vellu and michael chen wing sum were conferred the country s highest award the seri setia mahkota ssm award. According to a statement from the prime minister s office. The right honourable tun dato seri md raus bin sharif.

Tun md raus sharif and tan sri zulkefli ahmad makinudin were appointed as chief justice of malaysia cj and president of court of appeal pca on april 4 2017 but announced last wednes day their resignation which comes into effect on july 31.