Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat is a Malaysian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2019 until her retirement in 2025, the second-longest serving Chief Justice of Malaysia and the first woman to hold the office.
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RoleChief Justice of Malaysia, 2019 to 2025, first woman to hold the office 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceKota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) 2 Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959) is a Malaysian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2019 until her retirement in 2025.
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In 2021, she led a nine-judge Federal Court bench that unanimously struck down Section 28 of Selangor Shariah Criminal Offences Enactment 1995, declaring it unconstitutional on the grounds that the state legislature lacked the authority to legislate on matters under federal jurisdiction, even if no federal law existed on the issue.
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Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959) is a Malaysian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2019 until her retirement in 2025.
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Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959) is a Malaysian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2019 until her retirement in 2025.
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Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959) is a Malaysian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2019 until her retirement in 2025.
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Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959)
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Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959)
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Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
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- In Legal System: Law of Malaysia, Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat (born 2 July 1959) is a Malaysian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2019 until her retirement in 2025.
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