Robert French

The Honourable Robert French AC
Chief Justice of Australia
In office 1 September 2008 – 29 January 2017
Nominated by	Kevin Rudd
Appointed by	Michael Jeffery
Preceded by	Murray Gleeson
Succeeded by	Susan Kiefel
Other offices Judge of the Federal Court of Australia In office 25 November 1986 – 1 September 2008 Nominated by Bob Hawke Appointed by Ninian Stephen Additional Judge Supreme Court of the ACT In office November 2004 – 1 September 2008 Nominated by Kevin Rudd Appointed by Michael Jeffery Preceded by Murray Gleeson Succeeded by Susan Kiefel Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji In office 2003–2004 Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court Incumbent Assumed office 5 January 2018 Nominated by Lee Hsien Loong Appointed by Halimah Yacob Preceded by Dyson Heydon [1] Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong Incumbent Assumed office 31 May 2017 Appointed by Leung Chun-ying 15th Chancellor of University of Western Australia Incumbent Assumed office December 2017 Nominated by Mark McGowan Appointed by Kerry Sanderson Preceded by Michael Chaney AO 1st Chancellor of Edith Cowan University In office 1991–1997 Nominated by Carmen Lawrence Appointed by Francis Burt Preceded by University created Succeeded by Robert Nicholson
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 76–77) Perth, Western Australia
Spouse	Valerie J. French
Chinese name
Chinese	范禮全
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Faahn Láih Chyùhn Jyutping Faan6 Lai5 Cyun4

Robert Shenton French AC (born 1947) is an Australian lawyer. He is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia and was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 2008 to 2017. In 2017 French became an overseas non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, and was appointed chancellor of the University of Western Australia.