- Abdul Salam Azimi
Abdul Salam Azimi (born 1936) has been the
Chief Justice of Afghanistan and, as such, the head of theAfghan Supreme Court since May 2006.A former university professor, Azimi was educated in the
U.S. , served as legal advisor to PresidentHamid Karzai and assisted with writing the 2004Constitution 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]References
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