Sayed Yousuf Halim Explained

Office:Chief Justice of Afghanistan
Term Start:27 July 2015
Term End:15 August 2021
President:Ashraf Ghani
Predecessor:Abdul Salam Azimi
Successor:Abdul Hakim Haqqani
Office1:Acting Minister of Justice
Term Start1:20 March 2014
Term End1:18 April 2015
President1:Hamid Karzai
Ashraf Ghani
Predecessor1:Habibullah Ghaleb
Successor1:Abdul Baseer Anwar
Office2:Deputy Minister of Justice for Legal Affairs
Term Start2:2010
Term End2:2014
President2:Hamid Karzai
Office3:Deputy Minister of Justice for Administrative Affairs
Term Start3:2009
Term End3:2010
President3:Hamid Karzai
Birth Date:1959
Birth Place:Nangahar Province
Death Place:Emirates' Humanitarian City, Abu Dhabi
Nationality:Afghan
Alma Mater:Kabul University (BA)

Sayed Yousuf Halim (1959 – 17 October 2022) was an Afghan judge. He was chief justice of Afghanistan from 2015 to 2021.

He was born in 1959 in Nangahar Province. He worked for the justice ministry from 1985. He became Deputy Minister of Justice for Administrative Affairs in 2009 and Deputy Minister of Justice for Legal Affairs from 2010 to 2014.[1]

He was appointed acting Justice Minister by President Hamid Karzai in 2014 then Chief Justice by President Ashraf Ghani on 27 July 2015.[2]

He went into exile in August 2021 after the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.[3]

He died in the Emirates' Humanitarian City in Abu Dhabi after a heart attack[4] when he was in a mosque for performing evening prayer.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Database .
  2. News: Presidential Palace to officially introduce Yousuf Halim as Afghanistan's new Chief Justice . Khaama Press . 27 July 2015 .
  3. Web site: Abu Dhabi authority confirms death of Afghan judge in Humanitarian City . 20 October 2022 .
  4. Web site: 2023-06-10 . Afghan MMA fighter recounts life in UAE resettlement camp . 2023-07-18 . Middle East Eye.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-18 . Former Chief Justice has Passed Away . 2022-10-19 . Afghanistan Times.