Sayed Yousuf Halim

{{Short description|Afghan judge (1959–2022)}}

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| office = Chief Justice of Afghanistan

| term_start = 27 July 2015

| term_end = 15 August 2021

| president = Ashraf Ghani

| predecessor = Abdul Salam Azimi

| successor = Abdul Hakim Haqqani

| office1 = Acting Minister of Justice

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| term_start1 = 20 March 2014

| term_end1 = 18 April 2015

| president1 = Hamid Karzai
Ashraf Ghani

| predecessor1 = Habibullah Ghaleb

| successor1 = Abdul Baseer Anwar

| office2 = Deputy Minister of Justice for Legal Affairs

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| term_start2 = 2010

| term_end2 = 2014

| president2 = Hamid Karzai

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| term_end3 = 2010

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| birth_date = 1959

| birth_place = Nangahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan

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Sayed Yousuf Halim (1959 – 17 October 2022) was an Afghan judge. He was chief justice of Afghanistan from 2015 to 2021.

He was born in 1959 in Nangahar Province. He worked for the justice ministry from 1985. He became Deputy Minister of Justice for Administrative Affairs in 2009 and Deputy Minister of Justice for Legal Affairs from 2010 to 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=3158&task=view&total=5007&start=1653&Itemid=2 | title=Database }}

He was appointed acting Justice Minister by President Hamid Karzai in 2014 then Chief Justice by President Ashraf Ghani on 27 July 2015.{{cite news | url=https://www.khaama.com/presidential-palace-to-officially-introduce-yousuf-halim-as-afghanistans-new-chief-justice-3677/ | title=Presidential Palace to officially introduce Yousuf Halim as Afghanistan's new Chief Justice | newspaper=Khaama Press | date=27 July 2015 }}

He went into exile in August 2021 after the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.{{cite web | url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/10/20/abu-dhabi-authority-confirms-death-of-afghan-judge-humanitarian-city/ | title=Abu Dhabi authority confirms death of Afghan judge in Humanitarian City | date=20 October 2022 }}

He died in the Emirates' Humanitarian City in Abu Dhabi after a heart attack{{Cite web |date=2023-06-10 |title=Afghan MMA fighter recounts life in UAE resettlement camp |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/afghanistan-uae-mma-fighter-recounts-life-resettlement-camp |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Middle East Eye}} when he was in a mosque for performing evening prayer.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-18 |title=Former Chief Justice has Passed Away |url=https://www.afghanistantimes.af/former-chief-justice-has-passed-away/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Afghanistan Times}}