Abdul Salam Azimi

Abdul Salam Azimi

Abdul Salam Azimi (born 1936) has been the Chief Justice of Afghanistan and, as such, the head of the Afghan Supreme Court since May 2006.

A former university professor, Azimi was educated in the U.S., served as legal advisor to President Hamid Karzai and assisted with writing the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan.

As chief justice, Azimi replaced Faisal Ahmad Shinwari, a conservative Islamic cleric with no higher education. Azimi, in contrast, is reported to have gained a reputation as a fair-minded moderate active in upholding the rule of law and improving the country's dilapidated legal system. [cite news|title=At the Supreme Court, an unlikely new hero|author=Kim Barker|date=2007-01-21|publisher=Chicago Tribune|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0701210351jan21,0,7944559.story]

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