Robert French
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The Honourable Chief Justice Robert French AC |
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| 12th Chief Justice of Australia | |
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Assumed office 1 September 2008 |
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| Nominated by | Kevin Rudd |
| Appointed by | Michael Jeffery |
| Preceded by | Murray Gleeson |
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| Born | 19 March 1947 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie |
| Children | 3 |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Robert Shenton French AC (born 19 March 1947) is the twelfth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy, being replaced in January 2017 by Susan Kiefel.
Although two other Western Australians, Sir Ronald Wilson and John Toohey, had previously been High Court justices, Robert French is the first Chief Justice from that state. In 2015 he was joined by Western Australian Michelle Gordon.
French was educated at St. Louis School (now John XXIII College) in Perth. Notably, he was one of two students from Western Australia to attend the International Science School, then known as the Nuclear Research Foundation Summer Science School, in 1964 at the University of Sydney.
French attended the University of Western Australia in Perth, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 1968. He then continued with further study at the University of Western Australia, earning a Bachelor of Laws in 1971. He was President of the University's Liberal Club and served briefly as treasurer of the University of Western Australia Student Guild.
In 1969, at the age of 22, French contested the safe Labor Federal seat of Fremantle for the Liberal Party, which he lost to Kim Beazley, Sr.. He is a close friend of Kim Beazley, Jr.. French served as President of the Fremantle Branch of the Liberal Party and hence on the State Executive of the Party.
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