Arthur Chaskalson

Arthur Chaskalson
Chief Justice of South Africa
In office November 2001 – June 2005
President	Thabo Mbeki
Deputy	Pius Langa
Preceded by	Ismail Mahomed
Succeeded by	Pius Langa
President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
In office June 1994 – November 2001
President	Nelson Mandela
Deputy	Pius Langa
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	(1931-11-24)24 November 1931 Johannesburg, South Africa
Died	1 December 2012(2012-12-01) (aged 81) Johannesburg, South Africa
Resting place	Westpark Cemetery, Johannesburg[1]
Spouse	Lorraine Chaskalson
Children	Matthew and Jerome
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand

Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, (24 November 1931 – 1 December 2012) was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the Rivonia Trial of 1963.