Raus, who will serve until 2019, was appointed by acclamation by AACC symposium participants from 12 countries in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, on Aug 9.
He succeeds Indonesia’s Constitutional Court chief justice Arief Hidayat, who led the AACC from 2014 to 2017, according to a report in The Jakarta Post.
Raus was sworn in again as chief justice before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at Istana Negara on Friday night, after he was appointed an additional judge following his mandatory retirement a day earlier.
Raus was originally appointed chief justice on April 1. His service has now been extended for three years.
His appointment has been mired in controversy following protests from the legal fraternity, who said no Federal Court judge can remain in his administrative post after reaching 66 years and six months of age.
The Malaysian Bar has announced it will challenge the tenure extension given to Raus.
Meanwhile, The Jakarta Post report quoted Arief as saying Malaysia had conveyed its interest in the AACC presidency at the association’s 2016 symposium in Bali.
“Raus directly accepted the appointment. The symposium has also agreed that after Malaysia, it will give the association’s top post to Kazakhstan, followed by Mongolia and Thailand. All have agreed,” he was quoted as saying.
The international symposium, which ends today, is also attended by representatives of seven European and African countries.
The AACC was established in Jakarta in 2010 on the initiative of the constitutional or federal courts of six countries: Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand and Uzbekistan.
It was established to promote democracy, human rights and law enforcement.