Salleh Abas

Mohamed Salleh Abas
محمد صالح عباس
Lord President of the Supreme Court
In office
2 March 1984 – 11 August 1988
MonarchsAhmad Shah
Iskandar
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Preceded byRaja Azlan Shah
Succeeded byAbdul Hamid Omar
Terengganu State Executive Councillor for Accountability and Special Tasks
In office
2 December 1999 – 24 March 2004
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Menteri BesarAbdul Hadi Awang
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byWan Mohd Wan Hassan
ConstituencyJertih
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
for Jertih
In office
29 November 1999 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byIdris Mamat (UMNOBN)
Succeeded byIdris Jusoh (UMNOBN)
Majority1,464 (1999)
Chairman of the Shariah Board of
As-Salihin Trustee Berhad
In office
23 October 2004 – 16 January 2021
Personal details
Born(1929-08-25)25 August 1929
Kampung Raja, Besut, Terengganu, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died16 January 2021(2021-01-16) (aged 91)
Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Resting placeSheikh Ibrahim Muslim Cemetery, Jalan Pusara, Kuala Terengganu
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Spouse(s)Azimah Mohd Ali
(died 2016)
Wan Junaidah Wan Jusoh
Alma materUniversity of Wales

Mohamed Salleh bin Abas (Jawi: محمد صالح بن عباس; ‎25 August 1929 – 16 January 2021) was a Malaysian judge and politician. He was a Lord President of the Federal (then Supreme) Court of Malaysia.[1] He was dismissed from his post during the 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis. This action was condemned internationally and widely considered to be the event that triggered a marked reduction in the independence of the Malaysian judiciary.[2]

  1. ^ Tun Dato Haji Mohamed Salleh Bin Abas v Tan Sri Dato Abdul Hamid Bin Omar & Ors 1988 [SC]
  2. ^ Kua Kia Soong (5 January 2018). "World jurists condemned Mahathir for sacking Tun Salleh". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 16 January 2021.