The Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa is a judge in the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the second-highest judicial post in the Republic of South Africa, after the Chief Justice. The post, originally called "Deputy President of the Constitutional Court", was created in September 1995 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 1995, which was an amendment to the Interim Constitution.^[1] The position was retained by the final Constitution which came into force in February 1997.^[2] In November 2001 the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa restructured the judiciary, and the post was renamed to "Deputy Chief Justice".^[3]

The first Deputy President of the Constitutional Court was Ismail Mahomed. In 1997 he became Chief Justice, and was replaced by Pius Langa, who continued as Deputy Chief Justice after 2001. Justice Langa was elevated to Chief Justice in 2005, and succeeded by the current holder of the position, Dikgang Moseneke.

List of Deputy Chief Justices[edit]

• Ismail Mahomed (1995 – 1997; as Deputy President of the Constitutional Couurt)
• Pius Langa (2001 – 2005)
• Dikgang Moseneke (2005 – present)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Constitutional Court of South Africa

Constitutional Court of South Africa Constitution Hill, Johannesburg Current Justices Chief Justice: Mogoeng Mogoeng Deputy Chief Justice: Dikgang Moseneke Edwin Cameron Johan Froneman Chris Jafta Sisi Khampepe Mbuyiseli Madlanga Bess Nkabinde Thembile Skweyiya Johann van der Westhuizen Raymond Zondo Former Justices Lourens Ackermann Arthur Chaskalson John Didcott Richard Goldstone Johann Kriegler Pius Langa Tholie Madala Ismail Mahomed Yvonne Mokgoro Sandile Ngcobo Kate O'Regan Albie Sachs Zak Yacoob Lists of judgments 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Law of South Africa Constitution of South Africa Courts of South Africa Judiciary of South Africa