Fazal Hadi Shinwari
Fazal Hadi Shinwari | |
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Shinwari in December 2004 | |
| Chief Justice of Afghanistan | |
| In office 8 January 2002 – 5 August 2006 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Salam Azimi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1927 Shinwar, Afghanistan |
| Died | 21 February 2011 (aged 83–84) India |
| Political party | Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Islamic cleric |
| Known for | Chief Justice Supreme Court of Afghanistan, 2002–2006 |
Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927 – February 21, 2011) was an Afghan cleric who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2002 until 2006. He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 8 January 2002 in accordance with the Afghan Constitution approved after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government. An ethnic Pashtun from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, he was a member of the Ittehad-al-Islami party. Shinwari died in February 2011 from a stroke.