Muhammad Hatta Ali is the thirteenth

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. In the election held on 8 February 2012, M. Hatta Ali comfortably won the position of chief justice ahead of four other candidates. He was sworn in as chief justice by President

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on 1 March 2012. Hatta first became a judge in 1982 when he took up a position on the

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District Court. He was appointed to the High Court in 2003 and then to the Supreme Court in 2007. He was replaced by

Muhammad Syarifuddin Muhammad Syarifuddin (born 17 October 1954) is an Indonesian jurist who serves as the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia from 30 April 2020 Until October 16, 2024. He also served as the Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ...

on 30 April 2020.

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