Ahmad Maarop

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Ahmad Maarop
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10th President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
In office
11 July 2018 –24 November 2019

Tan Sri Dato' Sri Ahmad bin Haji Maarop (born 25 May 1953) is a Malaysian jurist and lawyer who served as the tenth President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia (PCA). [1]

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Early life and education

Maarop was born in Kampung Serkam  [ ms ], a village in the historical state of Malacca. He underwent his primary school education at Jasin National Primary School, Alor Gajah National Primary School and finally Bukit Beruang National Primary School, all in his home state. [1] Maarop then attended the Dato' Abdul Razak School, a premier boarding school in Sungai Gadut, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. Upon completion of high school, he read law at the University of Malaya and obtained Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (LL.B. (Hons.)) in 1978. [2]

Career

He started his legal career as a Judicial and Legal Service officer on 8 May 1978 and had since held various post, serving as Magistrate in Betong and Temerloh, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) for the state of Johor, DPP of Royal Malaysian Customs Department, State Legal Advisor of Perlis, Head of Prosecution Unit for Penang, Senior Federal Counsel of Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia and State Legal Advisor of Kelantan. In 1994, while serving as State Legal Advisor of Kelantan, he was admitted as advocate and solicitor in the High Court in Malaya at Kota Bharu. He was then transferred to the Attorney General's Chambers headquarters where he served as deputy director and later as Head of Division, Advisory and International Division of Attorney General's Chambers. [3] On 1 October 1998, he became one of the seven persons who were appointed as Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor [4] by the Attorney General of Malaysia. His last position in Judicial and Legal Service was Commissioner Law Revision and Reform Malaysia. [5]

On 1 June 2000, he was elevated to the High Court bench as judicial commissioner and was assigned to preside over High Court in Malaya in Malacca. On 1 March 2002, he was appointed as a High Court Judge and served in the High Court in Malaya in Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu. His elevation to the Court of Appeal bench took place on 18 July 2007. On 10 August 2011, he took his appointment as Judge, Federal Court of Malaysia. [2] [6]

On 1 April 2017, he was officially appointed as Chief Judge of Malaya, [7] [8] taking over from Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin to occupy the third highest judicial office in Malaysia.

Following the 14th Malaysian general election and the resignation of Zulkefli, Maarop was again chosen to take over from Zulkefli, this time ascending to the second highest judicial office of Malaysia, becoming the President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia. He was sworn-in by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) on 11 July 2018. [9] [10] [11] [12] As such, Maarop is currently the second-highest judicial officer in Malaysia after the Chief Justice of Malaysia.

Maarop retired as PCA on the 24 November 2019 having reached the mandatory retirement age as stipulated by the Constitution of Malaysia. [13] [14]

Honours

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Preceded by President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
2018–2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin
 Chief Judge of Malaya
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