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Ahmed Muthasim Adnan

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Ahmed Muthasim Adnan
އަޙްމަދު މުޢުތަޞިމް ޢަދުނާން
Adnan in 2024
5th Chief Justice of the Maldives
Assumed office
8 December 2019
Nominated byIbrahim Mohamed Solih
Preceded byAhmed Abdulla Didi
Personal details
Born
Ahmed Muthasim Adnan

(1965-02-09) February 9, 1965 (age 59)
Malé, Maldives
Spouse
Fathimath Azlifa
(m. 1989)
Children3
EducationUniversity of Glasgow (MPhil in Transnational Commercial Law)
Websitesupremecourt.mv

Ahmed Muthasim Adnan (Dhivehi: އަޙްމަދު މުޢުތަޞިމް ޢަދުނާން; born 9 February 1965) is the Chief Justice of the Maldives from December 8, 2019.[1][2][3]

Education & Career

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Adnan completed his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Buckingham, the United Kingdom and Master of Philosophy in Transnational Commercial Law from the University of Glasgow, the United Kingdom.[4]

Career

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Muthasim first started working for the government as the Director of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2001. He was appointed the dean of the new Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Maldives National University in 2001, which he served until 2005. From 2005 to 2010, he was a Partner at a law firm as well as a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives, the Law Commission of the Maldives and the Foreign Investment Board of the Maldives. In 2010, he was one of the first Justices nominated by President Mohamed Nasheed for the Supreme Court and in 2019, he was nominated by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih as the Chief Justice of the Maldives.[4]

served as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2010 to 2014 as one of the first justices to sit on the bench with its formation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "President appoints Chief Justice and Supreme Court Justice". The President's Office. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ "New chief justice and prosecutor general approved as parliament breaks for recess". Maldives Independent. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ "President appoints Muthasim as Chief Justice". Avas. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Ahmed Muthasim Adnan". Supreme Court of the Maldives. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ "President appoints Muthasim as Chief Justice". avas.mv. Retrieved 2023-10-02.