Chief Justice of Singapore

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Chief Justice of the
Republic of Singapore
Sundaresh Menon 2019 (cropped).png
Incumbent
Sundaresh Menon
since 6 November 2012
Supreme Court of Singapore
Style
Nominator Prime Minister of Singapore
Appointer President of Singapore
Term length Tenure until the age of 65
Constituting instrument Constitution of Singapore, Article 94
Inaugural holder Wee Chong Jin
Formation9 August 1965;59 years ago (1965-08-09)
Website www.supremecourt.gov.sg

The chief justice of Singapore is the presiding member of the Supreme Court of Singapore. It is the highest office in the judicial system of Singapore, appointed by the president, on the advice of the prime minister. The incumbent chief justice is Sundaresh Menon, who took office on 6 November 2012. He was the first chief justice to be born in Singapore.

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History

Prior to 1959, the chief justice was appointed by the governor of Singapore, when Singapore was still a Crown colony part of the British Empire.

List of chief justices (1965–present)

Chief justices of the Republic of Singapore

#PortraitChief Justice of the Republic of SingaporeTook officeLeft office
1 Wee Chong Jin 9 August 196527 September 1990
2 Yong Pung How at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new School of Law building, Singapore Management University - 20140120-01 (full version).jpg Yong Pung How 28 September 199010 April 2006
3 Chan Sek Keong 2012 (cropped).jpg Chan Sek Keong 11 April 20065 November 2012
4 Sundaresh Menon 2019 (cropped).png Sundaresh Menon 6 November 2012Incumbent

List of chief justices (1867–1965)

Chief justices of the Straits Settlements

#Chief Justice of the Straits SettlementsTook officeLeft office
1Sir Peter Benson Maxwell 18671871
2Sir Thomas Sidgreaves 18711886
3Sir Theodore Thomas Ford 18861890
4Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley 18901892
5Sir Elliot Bovill 18921893
6Sir John Winfield Bonser 18931893
7Sir W. H. Lionel Cox 18931906
8Sir William Henry Hyndman Jones 19061914
9Sir John Alexander Strachey Bucknill 19141920
10Sir G. Aubrey Goodman 19201920
11Sir Walter Shaw 19211925
12Sir James William Murison 19251933
13Sir Walter Huggard 19331936
14Sir Percy Alexander McElwaine 19361946

Chief justices of the Colony of Singapore

#Chief Justice of the Colony of SingaporeTook officeLeft office
Cecil William Victor Carey 19461946
1Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley 19461955
2Sir John Whyatt 19551958
3Sir Alan Rose, KCMG 19581959

Chief justices of the State of Singapore

#Chief Justice of the State of SingaporeTook officeLeft office
1Sir Alan Rose 19591963
2 Wee Chong Jin 5 January 19638 August 1965

See also