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Pierre Rabie

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East

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Pieter Jacobus Rabie, known as Pierre Rabie (30 January 1917 to 28 December 1997), was a South African judge who served as the fifteenth Chief Justice of South Africa from 1982 to 1989, during the apartheid period. Born in the Free State province, he served as a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division from 1966 to 1971 and then as a judge of the Appellate Division from 1971 to 1982 before his appointment as Chief Justice. He was succeeded by Michael Corbett in 1989.

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Pieter Jacobus "Pierre" Rabie (1917–1997) was a senior South African judge during the apartheid era and served as Chief Justice from 1982 to 1989.
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