Chief Justice of Afghanistan
The chief justice of Afghanistan is the head of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. The current chief justice is Abdul Hakim Haqqani, who is a founding member of the Taliban.
List of chief justices
Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (until 1973)
- Abdul Hakim Ziayee
Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)
- Nizamuddin Tahzib
- Abdul Karim Shadan
Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
- Abdul Satar Sanaie
- Noor Mohammad Saqib
Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Fazal Hadi Shinwari, was a member of the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
- Abdul Salam Azimi, a former professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha in the United States
- Sayed Yousuf Halim, former Deputy Minister of Justice for Technical Affairs, Deputy Minister for Administrative Affairs, and Head of the Ministry of Justice's General Legislative Department