Abdulai Hamid Charm

Abdulai Hamid Charm
Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
In office
January 21, 2016 – December 19, 2018
Nominated byErnest Bai Koroma
Appointed byErnest Bai Koroma
Preceded byUmu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh
Succeeded byDesmond Babatunde Edwards
Sierra Leone Court of Appeal Judge
In office
December, 2014 – January 2016
Sierra Leone High Court Judge
In office
June 2011 – December 2014
Personal details
Born (1963-07-20) 20 July 1963 (age 61)[1]
Kuala, Kambia District, Sierra Leone
Residence(s)Freetown, Sierra Leone
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
ProfessionJudge, Attorney
ReligionIslam

Abdulai Hamid Charm (born 20 July 1963) is a Sierra Leonean judge, who was formerly the Chief Justice of Sierra Leone until his resignation in December 2018.[2]

He is the first Chief Justice of Sierra Leone born outside of the capital Freetown since the establishment of the Supreme Court in 1960.[3]

  1. ^ Sorie, Abu (2016-01-14). "Why I Was Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Sierra Leone – Abdulai Charm Reveals". Sierra Loaded. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-09-13. He also holds a Masters Degree in Human Rights and Allied subject from University of Pretoria and he is a fervent Muslim born in Kaula, Kambia district on 20th July 1963.
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  3. ^ Konneh, Mohamed (2016-09-13). "Justice Abdulai Charm "Takes Lawcourt" To Kambia … receives hero's welcome". Standard Times Press. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13. This is the first Chief Justice born and bred in the provincial area and first indigenous Chief Justice.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)