Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat

Yang Amat Arif Tun
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat
SSM PMN SPSK DUPN DPSK
Yang Amat Arif Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat SSM PMN SPSK DUPN DPSK
تڠكو ميمون توان مت
	Tengku Maimun in 2019
10th Chief Justice of Malaysia
	Incumbent
	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 (age 64); Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Spouse	Zamani Ibrahim
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Malaya (LLB)
Profession	Lawyer

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.^[1] She is the first woman to ascend to the highest judicial office of the country.^[2]^[3]

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.

^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Tengku Maimun named new chief justice". Free Malaysia Today. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ "Tengku Maimun is Malaysia's first woman CJ". The Star (Malaysia). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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[:3-2] "Tengku Maimun named new chief justice". Free Malaysia Today. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

[3] "Tengku Maimun is Malaysia's first woman CJ". The Star (Malaysia). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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