Richard Malanjum

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Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum (born 13 October 1952)^[1] is the ninth and current Chief Justice of Malaysia. Before joining the judicial service, he was a practising lawyer and was the President of the Sabah Law Association, the bar association for the state of Sabah.^[2] Malanjum joined the judicial service in 1992 as a Judicial Commissioner. He eventually became a High Court Judge and was later appointed as Court of Appeal Judge and subsequently, Federal Court Judge. He became the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak on 26 July 2006.^[1] The Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak is the fourth highest judicial officer in Malaysia.^[3] He was sworn-in as the ninth Chief Justice of Malaysia, the highest judicial officer in Malaysia on 11 July 2018,^[4][5] becoming the first person from the Borneo states of Malaysia to ascend to the office.^[6]

Education

He had his early education in Tuaran before completing his secondary education at La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu.

In 1972, he graduated from the MARA Institute of Technology (now Universiti Teknologi MARA) in Shah Alam, Selangor as an external student at the University of London and obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) in 1975. He then furthered his studies in London and managed to complete his Bar-at-Law study the following year.^[7]

Career

He started his career as a clerk at the Education Department, Department of Agriculture, Television and Radio Department before moving on as a Welfare Officer at the State Welfare Department.

Having obtained a law degree, Malanjum served at the Sabah Chief Minister’s Department and was assigned as Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Sabah State Attorney-General’s Chambers.

He was also admitted to the English Bar of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn in London.

Upon his return to Malaysia, Malanjum continued his service as deputy public prosecutor and senior legal counsel at the Sabah State Attorney-General’s Chambers.

In 1977, he was a solicitor with the Malaysian Bar, Sabah and was admitted to the Australian Capital Territory Bar in 1991.

In 1981, Malanjum resigned from his post at the Sabah State Attorney-General’s Chambers and joined a legal firm in Kota Kinabalu where he became Sabah Law Association president.

Later, he was appointed as judicial commissioner in early 1992.

In 2006, for the first time since the formation of Malaysia, he became the first Sabahan appointed as Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak. Prior to that, the post was held by a British, one from Peninsular Malaysia and several Sarawakians.^[7]

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