Salim Joubran

Salim Joubran was born in 1947 in German Colony

Salim Joubran was born in 1947 in the German Colony neighborhood of Haifa. His family was Christian, of Maronite Lebanese origin.

He finished high school at the Terra Santa School in Acre in 1963. He completed law studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1968 and received his law license in 1970.

He worked as a private lawyer from 1970 to 1982. He then became a judge on the Haifa Magistrate's Court, and in 1993 moved to the Haifa District Court, where he worked mostly on criminal cases. He also lectured at the Law Faculty of the University of Haifa.

In 2003 he joined the Supreme Court on a temporary basis, and in 2004 he received a permanent appointment. From 2013 he chaired the Central Elections Committee, the first Arab in that role, and in 2017 he became Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

He retired in 2017 at the mandatory retirement age. He had four children and died on 15 March 2024.