BEINISH, DORIT

(1942- )

President/chief justice of theSupreme Courtof Israel as of September 2006. Born inTel Aviv, she began her judicial career in 1968 as a prosecutor in theJerusalemdistrict. In 1982, she became the deputy state prosecutor and in 1989 the state prosecutor. In 1995, she was named to the Supreme Court. She was unanimously selected as Supreme Court president after the retirement ofAharon Barakin 2006.