Mahmud Jamal | |
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| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | Governor in Council |
| Preceded by | Rosalie Abella |
| Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario | |
| In office June 24, 2019 – July 1, 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | Julie Payette |
| Preceded by | Gladys Pardu |
| Succeeded by | Jonathon George |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Spouse | Goleta Samari |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | London School of Economics Trinity College, Toronto (BA) McGill University (LLB, BCL) Yale University (LLM) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, judge |
Mahmud Jamal (born 1967) is a Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021. Jamal worked as a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and taught law at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School before he was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 2019. He was nominated to the Supreme Court on June 17, 2021, taking office on July 1 to succeed Rosalie Abella. Jamal was born in Kenya to a family of Indian origin, making him the first person from a visible minority group to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.