Rohana binti Yusuf, born May 9, 1956, is a Malaysian judge who earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Malaya in 1980 before working as an assistant parliamentary draftsman and later senior federal counsel in the Attorney General's Chambers and as legal adviser to the Ministry of Defence. She was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court of Malaya in 2005, became a full High Court judge in 2007, moved to the Court of Appeal in 2013 and the Federal Court in 2018, and on December 5, 2019, became the eleventh President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia, the first woman to hold that office since it was created in 1994, retiring in November 2022 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.
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She is the first woman to have been appointed into the office since its inception in 1994.
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Rohana binti Yusuf (Jawi: روحانا بنت يوسف; born 9 May 1956) is the eleventh President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia (PCA). Rohana graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in 1980. In 1982, she was appointed as Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Defence of Malaysia.
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She later obtained a Diploma in Syariah Law and Legal Practice (DSLP) and Master of Comparative Laws (MCL) from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 1992 and 1993 respectively.
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was appointed as a judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
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occupation/position claim resolves to: Judge and Lawyer
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P569 (date of birth): 1956
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P569 (date of birth): 1956-05-09
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P19 (place of birth): Bachok
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