Hasan Foez Siddique (born 26 September 1956) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who served as 23rd Chief Justice of the

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Early life and education

Siddique was born on 26 September 1956 to Abdul Gofur Mollah and Nurjahan Begum. He passed SSC from Khoksa Janipur Pilot High School in 1972 and ISC from Government P.C. College in 1974. After passing Bachelor of Arts from Satkhira Government College, he took his MSS (Masters in Social Science) degree from the Department of Political Science,

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. He later passed

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

from Dhanmondi Law College and enrolled as an advocate at the District & Sessions Judge Court, Dhaka in 1981.

Career

Siddique was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1981, 1983 and 1999 respectively. He acted as legal advisor to Khulna City Corporation, Kushtia Municipality, Jalalabad Gas Transmission Company, and chief law advisor of the

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. On 24 December 2007, he was appointed as an additional attorney general of Bangladesh. He resigned from the post on 4 June 2008, citing difficulties in discharging his duties. Elevated as judge of the High Court Division in 2009 and as a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2013. Siddique was appointed the chairman of

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on 30 April 2015. In September 2019, he briefly served as the

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in absence of the Chief Justice. He was re-appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission on 4 May 2020. On 21 June 2021, Siddique issued an order halting the bail of those accused of attacking a motorcade of Prime Minister

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. On 30 December 2021, he was appointed as the chief justice. On this appointment, he superseded justice

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, the most senior Appellate Division judge. He retired on 25 September 2023 from chief justice of Bangladesh.

Personal life

Siddique is married to Dalia Firoz. His elder brother,

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, is a retired judge of the Appellate Division.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddique, Hasan Foez Living people 1956 births University of Dhaka alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers 21st-century Bangladeshi judges Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices Chief justices of Bangladesh Place of birth missing (living people) Satkhira Government College alumni People from Kushtia District