Azahar bin Mohamed is a retired Malaysian judge and lawyer who served as the 12th Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya from August 2019 to his retirement in October 2022.
11 Facts About Azahar Mohamed
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Azahar Mohamed began his career in civil service as a senior assistant registrar at the High Court in Johor Bahru on 2 April 1980.
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On 1 June 1990, Azahar Mohamed was transferred to the state of Kelantan to begin his tenure as DPP once more.
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Immediately after, Azahar Mohamed was posted to the Royal Malaysian Customs Department as senior federal counsel.
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Azahar Mohamed served in this capacity for more than four years before being made a judicial commissioner at the High Court in Johor Bahru in August 2004, incidentally, this is where he had begun his civil service back in 1980.
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On 27 July 2006, Azahar Mohamed was appointed as a judge of the High Court in Johor Bahru.
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Azahar Mohamed officially began duties as a judge of the High Court of Kuala Lumpur on 1 January 2009.
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Azahar Mohamed served in the appellate court for a little more than three years before being promoted to the highest and final appellate court of Malaysia on 12 September 2014, as a judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia.
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On 8 August 2019, after nearly half a decade of service in the Federal Court, Azahar Mohamed ascended to the office of Chief Judge of Malaya, the third highest judicial post of Malaysia after the Chief Justice of Malaysia and the President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia.
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Azahar Mohamed becomes the twelfth occupant of the office, succeeding Zaharah Ibrahim who retired in May 2019.
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Since then, Azahar Mohamed had already been serving as acting Chief Judge whilst awaiting the judicial appointments committee and the Prime Minister of Malaysia to nominate a permanent successor to Zaharah.