The chief justice of Afghanistan (; ) is the head of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. The current chief justice is Abdul Hakim Haqqani, who is a founding member of the

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List of chief justices

Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (until 1973)

* Dr. Abdul Hakim Ziayee

Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)

* Nizamuddin Tahzib * Abdul Karim Shadan

Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)

* Abdul Satar Sanaie * Noor Mohammad Saqib

Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021)

* Fazal Hadi Shinwari (December 2001 – May 2006), was a member of the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan * Abdul Salam Azimi (5 August 2006 – 23 October 2014), a former

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at the University of Nebraska Omaha in the

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* Sayed Yousuf Halim (27 July 2015 – 15 August 2021), former Deputy Minister of Justice for Technical Affairs (and Acting Minister of Justice), Deputy Minister for Administrative Affairs, and Head of the Ministry of Justice's General Legislative Department

Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)

* Abdul Hakim Haqqani (15 August 2021 – present)

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