Chief Justice of Bangladesh

**Chief Justice of Bangladesh** is the chief of the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The Chief Justice is picked by the President of Bangladesh.

## List of chief justices of Bangladesh

|N|Name|colspan="2"|Period of office|Appointing president|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem|align="right"|16 December 1972|align="right"|5 November 1975|Abu Sayeed Chowdhury||
|align="center"|2|Syed A. B. Mahmud Hossain|align="right"|18 November 1975|align="right"|31 January 1978|Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem||
|align="center"|3|Kemaluddin Hossain|align="right"|1 February 1978|align="right"|11 April 1982|Ziaur Rahman||
|align="center"|4|Fazle Kaderi Mohammad Abdul Munim|align="right"|12 April 1982|align="right"|30 November 1989|Ahsanuddin Chowdhury||
|align="center"|5|Badrul Haider Chowdhury|align="right"|1 December 1989|align="right"|1 January 1990|rowspan="2"|Hussain Muhammad Ershad|
|align="center"|6|Shahabuddin Ahmed|align="right"|14 January 1990|align="right"|31 January 1995|||
|align="center"|7|M.H. Rahman|align="right"|1 February 1995|align="right"|30 April 1995|rowspan="2"|Abdur Rahman Biswas|
|align="center"|8|ATM Afzal|align="right"|1 May 1995|align="right"|31 May 1999|||
|align="center"|9|Mustafa Kamal|align="right"|1 June 1999|align="right"|31 December 1999|rowspan="3"|Shahabuddin Ahmed|
|align="center"|10|Latifur Rahman|align="right"|1 January 2000|align="right"|28 February 2001|||
|align="center"|11|Mahmudul Amin Choudhury|align="right"|1 March 2001|align="right"|17 June 2002|||
|align="center"|12|Mainur Reza Chouwdhury|align="right"|18 June 2002|align="right"|22 June 2003|Badruddoza Chowdhury||
|align="center"|13|Khondokar Mahmud Hasan|align="right"|23 June 2003|align="right"|26 January 2004|rowspan="4"|Iajuddin Ahmed|
|align="center"|14|Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain|align="right"|27 January 2004|align="right"|28 February 2007|||
|align="center"|15|Md. Ruhul Amin|align="right"|1 March 2007|align="right"|31 May 2008|||
|align="center"|16|M M Ruhul Amin|align="right"|1 June 2008|align="right"|22 December 2009|||
|align="center"|17|Md. Tafazzul Islam|align="right"|23 December 2009|align="right"|7 February 2010|rowspan="4"|Zillur Rahman|
|align="center"|18|Mohammad Fazlul Karim|align="right"|8 February 2010|align="right"|30 September 2010|||
|align="center"|19|A.B.M. Khairul Haque|align="right"|1 October 2010|align="right"|17 May 2011|||
|align="center"|20|Md. Muzammel Hossain|align="right"|18 May 2011|align="right"|16 January 2015|||
|align="center"|21|Surendra Kumar Sinha|align="right"|17 January 2015|align="center"|11 November 2017|rowspan="4"|Abdul Hamid|
|align="center"|22|Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah|align="right"|11 November 2017|align="center"|2 February 2018|||
|align="center"|23|Syed Mahmud Hossain|align="right"|2 February 2018|align="center"|30 December 2021|||
|align="center"|24|Hasan Foez Siddique|align="right"|30 December 2021|align="center"|25 September 2023|||
|align="center"|25|Obaidul Hassan|align="right"|25 September 2023|align="center"|10 August 2024|rowspan="3"|Mohammed Shahabuddin|
|align="center"|26|Syed Refaat Ahmed|align="right"|10 August 2024|align="center"|28 December 2025|||
|align="center"|27|Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury|align="right"|28 December 2025|align="center"|Incumbent|||

## References

- Chief Justice . Banglapedia (National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh)