What is Robert French?
{{Infobox officeholder| | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Robert French | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AC}} | nationality = [[Australia]] | image = Robert French.jpg | order = 12th [[Chief Justice of Australia]] | term_start = 1 September 2008 | term_end = 29 January 2017 | appointer = [[Michael Jeffery]] | nominator = [[Kevin Rudd]] | predecessor = [[Murray Gleeson]] | successor = [[Susan Kiefel]] | office2 = Non-Permanent Judge of the [[Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)|Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong]] | term_start2 = 31 May 2017 | appointer2 = [[Leung Chun-ying]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|03|19}} | birth_place = [[Perth, Western Australia]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Valerie | children = 3 | module = {{Infobox Chinese | embed = yes | child = yes | c = {{linktext|范|禮|全}} | j = Faan<sup>6</sup> Lai<sup>5</sup> Cyun<sup>4</sup> | y = Faahn Láih Chyùhn}} }} '''Robert Shenton French''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} (born 19 March 1947) is an Australian lawyer and judge. He was the twelfth [[Chief Justice of Australia]], in office from 2008 to 2017. He has been the chancellor of the [[University of Western Australia]] since 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=UWA Welcomes 15th Chancellor|url=http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2018020210328/uwa-welcomes-15th-chancellor|website=University of Western Australia|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:French, Robert}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chief justices of Australia]] [[Category:Politicians from Western Australia]] [[Category:People from Perth, Western Australia]] [[Category:Australian academics]] {{bio-stub}}