Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

12 December 1948(age 67)

Place of birth

Quetta, Pakistan

Nationality

Pakistan Pakistani

Religion

Islam

18th Chief Justice of Pakistan

Assumed office

22 March 2009

Preceded by

Abdul Hameed Dogar

In office

30 June 2005 - 3 November 2007
(deposed 3 Nov 2007 � 22 Mar 2009)

Succeeded by

Abdul Hameed Dogar (De facto)

Preceded by

Nazim Hussain Siddiqui

Justice Supreme Court

In office

4 February 2000 - 27 June 2005

Nominated by

Mohammad Rafiq Tarar

Chief Justice Balochistan High Court

In office

22 April 1999 - 3 February 2000

Nominated by

Mohammad Rafiq Tarar

Succeeded by

Javaid Iqbal

Preceded by

Amirul Mulk

Justice Balochistan High Court

In office

6 November 1990 - 22 April 1999

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Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( ) (born 12 December 1948 in Quetta) is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan.He became chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court in 2005 and soon became not only a central figure in the nation's political struggles but an icon to the country's legal profession and others campaigning for the rule of law. He was suspended by President General Musharraf on 9 March 2007, when he refused to oblige Musharraf by refusing to resign. He was later reinstated by Supreme Court of Pakistan on 20 July 2007.After having been elected as President for second term by the Parliament, Musharraf in November 2007 pre-empted an impending court decision against his re-election and suspended the constitution and declared a state of emergency. Justice Chaudhry convened a seven-member bench which issued an interim order against this action.

He and other judges were again removed from their offices and put under house arrest with his family members in November 2007 when President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency.Chaudhry was reinstated in the early morning of 16 March 2009, by an announcement made by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in his adress on all public and private news channels.