Chief Justice of Burma

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The Chief Justice of Burma is the head of the judiciary and the highest-ranking judge in Myanmar’s court system, overseeing the administration of justice and the Supreme Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chief justice ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Union of Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma (until 1937)
appointedBy President of Myanmar ⓘ
head of state of Burma ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Burma ⓘ
category Chief justices by country ⓘ
Judiciary of Myanmar ⓘ
country Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOver all other judges in Burma ⓘ
headOf Supreme Court of Burma ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Union ⓘ
judiciary of Burma ⓘ
judiciary of Myanmar ⓘ
highestRankIn court system of Burma ⓘ
court system of Myanmar ⓘ
jurisdiction civil courts of Burma ⓘ
constitutional matters in Burma ⓘ
criminal courts of Burma ⓘ
legalSystem legal system of Myanmar ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the Union ⓘ
nativeLabel Chief Justice of the Union ⓘ
officeHolderRole ensures uniform interpretation of law in Burma ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Burma ⓘ
presides over Supreme Court of Burma ⓘ
represents judiciary of Burma in official functions ⓘ
supervises lower courts in Burma ⓘ
officeScope nationwide ⓘ
officeType national-level judicial office ⓘ
positionInOrganization Supreme Court of Burma ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Union ⓘ
residence Naypyidaw ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of the court system in Burma ⓘ
allocation of judicial business in Supreme Court of Burma ⓘ
discipline of judges in Burma ⓘ
seat Naypyidaw ⓘ
formerly Rangoon ⓘ
style The Honourable ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maung Maung → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Burma ⓘ
Ba Maw → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Burma ⓘ
judicial branch of Myanmar → headOfJudiciary → Chief Justice of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of Burma