# Pius Langa

> Pius Nkonzo Langa SCOB was Chief Justice of South Africa from June 2005 to October 2009. Formerly a human rights lawyer, he was appointed as a puisne judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa upon its inception in 1995. He was the Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa from November 2001 until May 2005, when President Thabo Mbeki elevated him to the Chief Justiceship. He was South Africa's first black African Chief Justice.

*South African judge and activist (1939–2013)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Lawyer
- **Category:** Lawyers
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1939-03-25
- **Died:** 2013-07-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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