The chief justice of Singapore is the presiding member of the

Supreme Court of Singapore The Supreme Court of Singapore is a set of courts in Singapore, comprising the Court of Appeal and the High Court. It hears both civil and criminal matters. The Court of Appeal hears both civil and criminal appeals from the High Court. The C ...

. It is the highest office in the

judicial system of Singapore Under the Constitution of Singapore, the judicial system of Singapore is divided into the Supreme Court which comprises the Court of Appeal and the High Court, and the subordinate courts, namely the State Courts and Family Justice Courts - co ...

, appointed by the

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, on the advice of the

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

. The incumbent chief justice is

Sundaresh Menon Sundaresh Menon (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who has served as the fourth Chief Justice of Singapore since 2012 after being appointed by president Tony Tan. He is the first Singapore-born Chief Justice and the secon ...

, who took office on 6 November 2012. He was the first chief justice to be born in Singapore.

History

Prior to 1959, the chief justice was appointed by the governor of Singapore, when Singapore was still a

Crown colony A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by Kingdom of England, England, and then Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English overseas possessions, English and later British Empire. There was usua ...

part of the

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List of chief justices (1965–present)

Chief justices of the Republic of Singapore

List of chief justices (1867–1965)

Chief justices of the Straits Settlements

Chief justices of the Colony of Singapore

Chief justices of the State of Singapore

External links

List of former judges

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

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