Sundaresh Menon
| The Honourable Sundaresh Menon | |
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| 4th Chief Justice of Singapore | |
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Assumed office 6 November 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Chan Sek Keong |
| Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
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In office 1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012 | |
| Attorney-General of Singapore | |
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In office 1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by |
Walter Woon, Koh Juat Jong (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Steven Chong |
| Judicial Commissioner | |
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In office 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1962 (age 53–54) Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Singapore |
| Alma mater |
National University of Singapore Harvard University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sundaresh Menon SC (born 1962) is the Chief Justice of Singapore and a former Attorney-General of Singapore.[1]
Early life and education
Menon graduated with first class honours from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1986 and later obtained his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School.[2]
Career
He served a one-year term as Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore from 2006 to 2007. Before assuming the position of Attorney-General, Menon was the managing partner of Rajah & Tann. He was also the deputy chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the law faculty of Singapore Management University.[1][2][3] Menon stepped down from the office of Attorney-General on 25 June 2012 assumed his new position of Judge of Appeal on 1 August 2012.[4] He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008.[5]
On 7 November 2012, he was sworn in as Singapore's fourth Chief Justice at the Istana.[6] He is the first non-Chinese (Indo-Singaporean) Chief Justice of the Republic of Singapore and also the first Singaporean-born Chief Justice.
See also
References
- 1 2 http://www.agc.gov.sg/aboutus/management_details.htm
- 1 2 http://law.nus.edu.sg/news/archive/2010/newsSundareshMenon.htm
- ↑ http://www.law.smu.edu.sg/about_school/advisory_board.asp
- ↑ "Sundaresh Menon to be Judge of Appeal". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.sal.org.sg/Content/LegalIndustry/appt_senior_counsel_dir.aspx
- ↑ "Sundaresh Menon sworn in as new Chief Justice". Channel Newsasia. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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Chief Justice of Singapore 2012 |
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