Wan Ahmad Farid is Malaysia’s new chief justice

Wan Ahmad Farid is Malaysia’s new chief justice

PETALING JAYA: Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh has been appointed as Malaysia’s new chief justice, taking over the post from Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat who retired earlier this month.

In a statement, the office of the chief registrar also said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had consented to Abu Bakar Jais’s appointment as president of the Court of Appeal and Azizah Nawawi’s appointment as Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak.

Wan Ahmad Farid, a former political secretary to the late Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, used to be an Umno member but quit politics in 2013.

He had also served as a deputy home minister for just over a year from 2008 to 2009, and was a senator from 2005-2009.

He had contested on a Barisan Nasional ticket in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election in 2009 but lost to PAS’s Abdul Wahid Endut by 2,631 votes.

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They will be sworn in and presented their letters of appointment at Istana Negara on July 28.

The statement said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong consented to the appointments on the advice of the prime minister and after consultation with the Conference of Rulers, which is in line with Article 122B of the Federal Constitution.

Chief Judge of Malaya Hasnah Hashim is currently serving as acting chief justice following the retirement of Tengku Maimun, while Federal Court judge Zabariah Yusof is acting Court of Appeal president after Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim retired.

Wan Ahmad Farid, a Court of Appeal judge, has also been elevated to the Federal Court to allow him to helm the highest office in the judiciary.

He was appointed as a judicial commissioner in December 2015 before being elevated to the High Court in 2019 and then the Court of Appeal in November 2024.

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Wan Ahmad Farid, a former political secretary to the late Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, used to be an Umno member but quit politics in 2013.

He had also served as a deputy home minister for just over a year from 2008 to 2009, and was a senator from 2005-2009.

He had contested on a Barisan Nasional ticket in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election in 2009 but lost to PAS’s Abdul Wahid Endut by 2,631 votes.