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Singaporean judge (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sundaresh Menon (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who has been serving as Chief Justice of Singapore since 2012.
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Sundaresh Menon | |
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4th Chief Justice of Singapore | |
Assumed office 6 November 2012 | |
President | Tony Tan Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
Preceded by | Chan Sek Keong |
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Singapore | |
In office 1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012 | |
Appointed by | Tony Tan |
6th Attorney-General of Singapore | |
In office 1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012 | |
Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
Preceded by | Walter Woon Koh Juat Jong (acting) |
Succeeded by | Steven Chong |
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
In office 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007 | |
Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
Personal details | |
Born | (1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 62) State of Singapore |
Alma mater | |
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Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, Menon was a Judicial Commissioner between 2006 and 2007, Attorney-General between 2010 and 2012, and a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
Menon studied law at the National University of Singapore and Harvard Law School. He was a founding partner of law firm WongPartnership, and was also a partner at Shook Lin & Bok, Rajah & Tann, and Jones Day.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Singapore by former president Tony Tan.