Luke Malaba was born on 15 May 1951 and is a Zimbabwean judge and the current Chief Justice of Zimbabwe since March 2017.
11 Facts About Luke Malaba
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Luke Malaba was appointed Chief Justice by then-President Robert Mugabe on 27 March 2017.
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Luke Malaba was born in Plumtree, Southern Rhodesia on 15 May 1951.
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Luke Malaba received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982.
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Luke Malaba started his career as a magistrate in 1984 at Masvingo.
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Luke Malaba attained the rank of regional magistrate in 1990.
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Luke Malaba was appointed as a judge of the High Court in 1994, serving until 2001.
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Luke Malaba was elevated to the Supreme Court in August 2001, and became the country's first Deputy Chief Justice in 2008.
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In July 2018, Luke Malaba ruled that former President Robert Mugabe had freely resigned, and was not coerced.
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Under the Zimbabwean constitution, Chief Justice Luke Malaba was required to retire when he reached 70 years of age on 15 May 2021.
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The effort to keep him in office was likely sponsored by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as Luke Malaba had made two significant rulings in his favour.