Masters of the Bench

A law graduate of the University of Malaya in 1982, the Right Honourable Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat was born on the 2nd of July 1959 in Kota Bharu Kelantan. Her Ladyship then served in the Judicial and Legal Service and was the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court before being appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court of Malaya in 2006. Her Ladyship was later elevated as a Judge of the High Court of Malaya, and thereafter promoted to the Court of Appeal, and finally to the Federal Court, before becoming the Chief Justice of Malaysia in 2019.