Muhammad Hatta Ali | |
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13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia | |
Assumed office 2012 |
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President |
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Harifin Tumpa |
Personal details | |
Born |
Parepare, South Sulawesi |
April 7, 1950
Citizenship | Indonesian |
Muhammad Hatta Ali is the thirteenth and current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia.
In the election held on 8 February 2012, M. Hatta Ali comfortably won the position of chief justice ahead of four other candidates. He was sworn in as chief justice by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 1 March 2012. Hatta first became a judge in 1982 when he took up a position on the North Jakarta District Court. He was appointed to the High Court in 2003 and then to the Supreme Court in 2007.