S. Feydhoo Alivaage Abdulla Saeed has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Maldives with the vote of 55 members of the Peoples’ Majlis.
Abdulla Saeed is also the first Chief Justice of the first Supreme Court established in Maldives. He was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court on 18 September 2008, and assumed office as Chief justice of the Maldives from18 September 2008 to 10 August 2010.
Abdulla Saeed who was Born on 25 September 1964 in S. Meedhoo, Maldives, received his L.L.B (Combined Honours Degree in Shari’ah and Law) from Al-Azhar University, Cairo in 1994. He received his L.L.M from IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta in 1999. He also attended a parliamentary studies and legal drafting course at the Lok Sabha, India in 1997.
He was admitted as an advocate of the Maldives in 1995. He began his legal carrier with Attorney General’s office. He served as a State Attorney in the Attorney General’s Office from 27 June 1995 to 12 September 1998 and from 8 June 1999 to 1 August 2000. As a State Attorney he represented the State in the Courts, and advised government departments on numerous legal matters presented for opinion at the Attorney General’s Office. He was appointed as Director of Institute of Shari’ah and Law of the Maldives College of Higher Education from 2 August 2000 to 31 January 2001.He was also appointed as the first Dean of Faculty of Sharia and Law (the Maldives National University) from 1 February 2001 to 24 April 2001, entrusted with the responsibility to lay the foundation of legal education in the Maldives. He also continued to teach law at certificate, diploma and degree level programmes conducted at the Faculty of Sharia’h and law, the Faculty of Management and Computing of the Maldives College of Higher Education, and at the college of Islamic Studies.
He served as a Director in Attorney General’s Office from 25 April 2001 to 15 June 2005 and the Assistant Director General, Public Prosecutions, from 16 June 2005 to 11 September 2005 As head of the prosecutions in the AGO he directed prosecutions to the Courts of the Republic of Maldives, while he also maintained his role in providing legal advice to the government department. His appointments include being Member of the Maritime Training Advisory Board, 2003 – 2005; Being Member of the Advisory Council to Narcotics Control Board, 2003 – 2005; Being Member of the Committee established under Clause 11 (b) of Act Number 77/7 (Act on Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Use: 3rd Amendment), 2002 – 2005; Being Member of Tender Evaluation Board, 2001 – 2004; Being Member of the Law Commission of the Republic of Maldives, 1997 – 2002; Being Member of the Council for the Protection of the Rights of Children, Maldives, 1996 – 1998 and 2002 – 2005; Being Legal Officer, at the Unit of the Rights of Children in the Maldives. He joined legal office of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy from 17 September to 17 November 2006. He also served as Deputy Attorney General from 11 September 2008 to 18 September 2008.
In tonight’s Majlis session, all the members expressed that they trust Abdulla Saeed and believes that he can take the responsibility of the Chief Justice. They stated that the judiciary will see many good changes with the appointment of Abdulla Saeed
Abdulla Saeed appointed as Chief Justice with the vote of 55 members
