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On 11 July 2019, Tanko Muhammed was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as substantive CJN. This is coming barely 24 hours after National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended him to the president. Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad born 31 December 1953 is a Nigerian Jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the incumbent Chief Justice of
President Paul Kagame appointed on December 4, 2019, Faustin Ntezilyayo, former Minister of Justice, new chief judge, Ntezilyayo replaces Sam Rugege who has headed the judiciary for eight years. Kagame also appointed Marie-Thérèse Mukamulisa to the position of associate chief judge, replacing Zainabu Sylvie Kayitesi. Until his appointment, Ntezilyayo was a judge at the East
The 6th Congress of the CJCA will be held the first week of April 2021 in the cities of Rabat and Fez in Morocco, on the theme “Constitutional Courts and International Law” As a reminder, the CJCA holds a Congress every two years. Since its creation, five (5) Congresses have had respectively in Algiers (2011),
The CJCA is organizing its 3rd International Symposium in Maputo-Mozambique from June 10 to 12, 2020. As a reminder, the CJCA holds a Symposium between two Congresses. The first took place in Cotonou in 2013 on the theme: “The constitutional judge and the political power”. The second took place in Algiers in 2017 on the
The President of the Republic, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, was appointed on July 24, 2019, by presidential decree, Mrs. Lúcia da Luz Ribeiro as resident of the Constitutional Council She was until her date of appointment, a CC Advisor, a position she was appointed to in November 2003. Start of functions: November 03, 2003. Lucia da Luz