title: Hamid Ali Mirza
text: # Hamid Ali Mirza
  
  Justice Hamid Ali Mirza (Urdu: حامد علی مرزا) (14 September 1940 — 23 October 2017) was a Pakistani lawyer. He served as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.
  
  ## Education
  
  Hamid Ali Mirza was born on 14 September 1940 in Jacobabad, Sindh, Pakistan. He passed matriculation examination from Jacobabad in 1954 and earned degrees of BSc and LLB in 1959 and 1961 respectively from the University of Sindh.
  
  ## Professional history
  
  ### Lawyer
  
  He started his practice as an advocate (Lawyer) in 1961 until he joined the Judicial Service in 1973.
  
  ### Judicial service
  
  * Senior Civil Judge and Assistant Sessions
  
      He joined the Provincial Judicial Service on 10 December 1973 as Senior Civil Judge and Assistant Sessions Judge and served in this capacity for almost eight years.
  * District and Session Judge
  
      He was promoted as District and Session Judge on 26 January 1983 and he served in this capacity for over twelve years.
  * Judge, High Court of Sindh
  
      On 10 April 1995 he was elevated as a Judge of the High Court of Sindh. In addition to his duties as Judge, he also remained as Member Syndicate, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
  * Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan
  
      On 28 April 2000 he was elevated to Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He retired in 2005.
  * Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
  
      He was appointed Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan on 17 March 2009. As a Member of the Election Commission of Pakistan, he participated in the Workshop for Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officers held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 7–10 April 1997.
  