Muhammad Hatta Ali is the thirteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia.President urges for resolving issue of overlapping regulations. Antara, 27 October 2016. Accessed 7 November 2016.
In the election held on 8 February 2012, M. Hatta Ali comfortably won the position of chief justice ahead of four other candidates.Ina Parlina and Dicky Christanto, 'High hopes for new justice', The Jakarta Post, 9 February 2012. 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.'Indonesia's New Supreme Court Chief Has Questions About His Past', The Jakarta Post, 9 February 2012. He was replaced by Muhammad Syarifuddin on 30 April 2020.
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