Syed Refaat Ahmed, born 1958, is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the twenty-fifth Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 2024 to 2025. His tenure focused on judicial reform, including the creation of a separate Supreme Court Secretariat for administrative independence, the operationalizing of a Judicial Appointment Council, and the establishment of specialized commercial courts.
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He served as the 25th chief justice of Bangladesh.
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Syed Refaat Ahmed, born 1958, is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the twenty-fifth Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 2024 to 2025.
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Syed Refaat Ahmed (born 28 December 1958) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist.
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On 14 November 2019, the judgment authored by him in the case of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) vs Bangladesh and others (Writ Petition No. 8466 of 2017), declared the import, beaching and breaking of the FPSO North Sea Producer illegal and denounced illegalities and lack of transparency in shipbreaking sector in Bangladesh.
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is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist
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Wikidata Q85804596, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1958
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P569 (date of birth): 1958-12-28
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