Kao Meng-hsun

Kao Meng-hsun was born in 1959^[1] and graduated from the Law Department of the National Taiwan University and worked as a judicial officer.^[2] She became a trial judge when she was 24 years old,^[3] serving on the Taoyuan District Court, New Taipei District Court and Taiwan High Court.^[1]

Kao was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court in 2007, and was president of the Second Civil Court.^[2] On 1 June 2023, she was appointed as Chief Justice by Judicial Yuan President Hsu Tsong-li,^[3] after Wu Can retired upon turning 70.^[2] She is the first woman in the position and was appointed 56 years after Chang Chin-lan was the first woman appointed to the court.^[3][4]