Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai | |
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عبد الحكيم اسحاقزى | |
![]() Ishaqzai in 2020 | |
Acting Justice Minister of Afghanistan | |
Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund (acting) |
Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Preceded by | Abdul Baseer Anwar |
3rd Chief Justice of Afghanistan | |
Assumed office 15 August 2021 | |
Preceded by | Sayed Yousuf Halim |
Assumed office 25 May 2016 | |
Deputy |
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Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Preceded by | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Judge of the Kandahar Primary Court | |
In office c. 1995–c. 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Mohammad Rabbani Abdul Kabir |
Leader | Mohammed Omar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1967 (age 54–55) Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan |
Nationality | Afghan |
Profession | Politician, writer |
Political affiliation | Taliban |
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai (Pashto: عبد الحكيم اسحاقزى Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim ɪshaqˈzai]; born 1967), also known as Abdul Hakim Haqqani (Pashto: عبد الحكيم حقاني Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni]) and Abdul Hakim Sharie[1] (Pashto: عبدالحکیم شرعی Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim ʃaˈrai]; also spelt Sharai[2] or Sharia[3]), is an Afghan Islamic scholar, writer and the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 2021[4] and Minister of Justice. He has also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court in the 1996–2001 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He was the chairman of the negotiation team in the Qatar office. He is one of the founding members of the Taliban and was a close associate of the late leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.[5][6]