Chief Judge

Chief Judge is the title given to the head of state of Mega-City One and is the highest rank in the Justice Department. Most of them have had Deputy Chief Judges, stepping in if the Chief is killed, incapacitated, or away. In reforms started by Volt, they will only be acting-Chief Judge until confirmed by a senior Judge vote.

It is also the most commonly used term for a head of state across the world. This started when each mega-city in the United States gained an autonomous Justice Department and Chief.

Equivalent terms have included Chief Justice (Brit-Cit), Supreme Judge (Sov Block), Shogun Judge (Hondo), Chief Inspector (Cal-Hab), and Judge Supremo (Ciudad Barranquilla), though they have also used the term "Chief Judge" anyway. Luna-1 has a Judge-Marshal. In early strips, the MC-1 title was Grand Judge and IDW's comics they have been called Chief Justice.

Mega-City One

List of Chief Judges

List of Chief Judges
Name	Term	Notes
Eustace Fargo	2031 - 2051	Chief Judge Eustace Fargo was the founder of the Judge System
Hollins Solomon	2051 - 2057	Judge Solomon had previously served as Deputy Chief Judge under Fargo.
Clarence Goodman	2057 - 2100	Judge Goodman had previously served as Deputy Chief Judge under Solomon. Longest serving Chief Judge to date.
Cal	2100 - 2101	Judge Cal had previously served as Deputy Chief Judge under Goodman.
Jurgen Griffin	2101 - 2104	Judge Griffin was the first to become Chief without being part of the previous government. He seized power in a rebellion against Cal.
Hilda Margaret McGruder	2104 - 2108	Judge McGruder was part of Griffin's Council of Five, and the only member still alive after the Apocalypse War.
Thomas Silver	2108 - 2112	Judge Silver was voted to be Chief by the Council of Five.
McGruder	2112 - 2116	First Chief Judge to serve a second term.
Hadrian Volt	2116 - 2121	First Chief Judge to be voted for by senior Judges.
Barbara Hershey	2121 - 2131	Judge Hershey served as Deputy Chief under Volt. Position confirmed by vote.
Dan Francisco	2131	Elected in a referendum against Hershey.
Martin Sinfield	2131 - 2132	Served as acting Chief Judge only
Francisco	2132 - 2134
Hershey	2134-2141	Given power by Francisco when he stepped down, with no vote to confirm her position. She resigned when she was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and was voluntarily euthanised shortly afterwards.
Logan	2141-	Incumbent. Nominated by Dredd and Hershey.

Elections

The first election took place after McGruder stepped down the first time but this was due to exceptional circumstances: the Council of Five was entirely comprised of new members. They voted among themselves for Silver as Chief Judge. It was when McGruder stepped down the second time that the first election among senior Judges was allowed.

Under Volt's reforms, every Chief Judge has needed to be confirmed by vote. If Judges are unhappy with the current leader, a formal petition can start an election for a new one.

Elections so far have seen:

2116

Winner: Volt (208 votes)

Defeated candidates: Dredd (130), Herriman (49), Hershey (13), Plaski (withdrew).

2122

Winner: Hershey

Defeated candidate: Loblaw

2131

Winner: Francisco

Defeated candidate: Hershey

2132

Election aborted

Candidates: Sinfield, Dredd

Foreign cities

• Bahamas: Chief Judge Fuch (2114)

• Brit-Cit: Chief Justice Willink (2124), Chief Justice Leavy (2126)

• Cal-Hab: Chief Inspectors James Bryson (at least 2114 to 2116), McIntee (2126)

• Ciudad Barranquilla: Judge Supremo Batista (at least 2111 to 2114), Supreme Justice/Chief Justice Santiago Sangrenegra (2127 to 2128), Chief Justice Cholo (2128 onwards)

• East Meg One: Supreme Judge Bulgarin (2104)

• East Meg Two: Supreme Judge Josef Traktorfaktori (at least 2113 to 2115), Chief Judge Bushkov (2128)

• Euro-City: Chief Judge Boltstern (2126)

• Hondo: Chief Judge Hideoshi Ohno (at least 2111 to 2126), Kobayashi (2131 onwards)

• Luxor: Chief Judge Giza (2115)

• Mega-City Two: Gabe Suarez (2070), Deren (2079), Kazuo-Juan Kennedy (2094), Tokugawa in the Hondo Cluster (2117)

• Midgard: Chief Judge Sven (2126)

Oz's Chief Judge Barnett

• Murphyville: Chief Judge Maginty (at least 2113 to 2114), Chief Judge Krilly (2126), Chief Judge Stephen McGann (2137)

• Oz: Chief Judges Bob (at least 2110 to 2112), Bruce (2126), Keith (2126), Barnett (2140)

• Pan-Andes Conurb: Chief Judge Garcia (2116), Ortiz (2126)

• Sino-Cit: Chief Judge Wong (2126)

• Texas City: Chief Judge Marlon Hunnicut (2070), Huston (2126), George (2126), Pamelina Oswin (2138)

• Uranium City: Chief Judge Rigour (2118)