predecessor successor religion birth_place nationality office appointer birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
murray gleeson murray gleeson maurice newman tom bathurst tom bathurst judaism sosnowiec , poland australian chief new south wales chair of the australian broadcasting corporation secretary justice of the department of the media of new south wales lieutenant governor of gordon samuels 01 january 1946 16th 20th 19 30 june 1975 may 1998 1 april 1998 1 april 2012 jj_spigelman . jpg james spigelman
 31 may 2011 31 may 2011 22 december 1975 james spigelman
james spigelman

the honourable james jacob spigelman -lrb- born 1 january 1946 -rrb- is a former australian judge .
he served as lieutenant governor of new south wales and chief justice of the supreme court of new south wales from 19 may 1998 until 31 may 2011 .
on 8 march 2012 it was announced that he would become chairperson of the australian broadcasting corporation .
he was appointed to the court of final appeal of hong kong on 8 april 2013 as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions .
