Murray Gleeson
Appearance
Murray Gleeson | |||||||||
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11th Chief Justice of Australia | |||||||||
In office 22 May 1998 – 29 August 2008 | |||||||||
Nominated by | John Howard | ||||||||
Appointed by | Sir William Deane | ||||||||
Preceded by | Sir Gerard Brennan | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Robert French | ||||||||
15th Chief Justice of New South Wales | |||||||||
In office 2 November 1988 – 21 May 1998 | |||||||||
Nominated by | Nick Greiner | ||||||||
Appointed by | Sir James Rowland | ||||||||
Preceded by | Sir Laurence Street | ||||||||
Succeeded by | James Spigelman | ||||||||
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong | |||||||||
Assumed office 1 March 2009 | |||||||||
Appointed by | Donald Tsang | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Wingham, New South Wales, Australia | 30 August 1938||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||
Alma mater | University of Sydney | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Chinese | 紀立信 | ||||||||
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Anthony Murray Gleeson (born 30 August 1938) is an Australian former judge. He was the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008.
On 7 November 2008, Gleeson was appointed a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Senior Judicial Appointment". Info.gov.hk. Retrieved 29 January 2018.