Muhammad Hatta Ali
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Nominated bySusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded byHarifin Tumpa
Succeeded byMuhammad Syarifuddin
Born7 April 1950
Muhammad Hatta Ali | |
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 Official portrait, 2012 | |
| 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia | |
| In office 1 March 2012 – 30 April 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Preceded by | Harifin Tumpa |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Syarifuddin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1950 |
| Citizenship | Indonesian |
Muhammad Hatta Ali is the thirteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia.[1]
In the election held on 8 February 2012, M. Hatta Ali comfortably won the position of chief justice ahead of four other candidates.[2] He was sworn in as chief justice by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 1 March 2012. Hatta first became a judge in 1982 when he took up a position on the North Jakarta District Court. He was appointed to the High Court in 2003 and then to the Supreme Court in 2007.[3] He was replaced by Muhammad Syarifuddin on 30 April 2020.[4]
