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Latest revision as of 04:23, 2 October 2025
Chief Justice of the Maldives since 2025
Abdul Ghanee Mohamed (Dhivehi: ޢަބްދުލްޣަނީ މުޙައްމަދު) is a Maldivian lawyer and judge who is currently serving as the sixth Chief Justice of the Maldives since 2025. He previously served as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2018 to 2019 and a judge of the High Court of the Maldives from 2004 to 2018.
He has Bachelor of Laws and Islamic Jurisprudence from Al-Azhar University, a master’s degree in Islamic Judicial Sciences and Shariah Policy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching from the Islamic University of Maldives.[1]
Ghani served a judge on the Civil Court from 10 July 2000 to 14 March 2004, later on serving as a judge of the High Court from 14 March 2004 to 28 June 2018.[2] He also served as the Chief Judge of the High Court from 21 September 2008 to 26 April 2011.[2] From 27 July 2009 to 21 January 2010 he served as the president of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).[3]
In 2018, he was nominated by president Abdulla Yameen as a justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives.[4] He was later appointed by Yameen on 28 June 2018.[5] In 2019, Ghanee faced multiple corruption allegations from the JSC and ethical misconduct.[6][7] He was suspended by the JSC and submitted a motion to the People’s Majlis to remove him as a justice of the Supreme Court.[8] The People’s Majlis’s Judiciary Committee approved his dismissal motion and the whole Majlis voted to remove him with 64 in favour.[9][7][10] He was also under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission stemming from a 2012 complaint.[11]
In 2024, he was appointed by president Mohamed Muizzu as a member of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, later on becoming the president.[12]
In 2025, president Mohamed Muizzu recommended Ghanee for the post of Chief Justice.[13] The People’s Majlis’s Judiciary Committee approved Ghanee’s appointment and the entire Majlis approved Ghanee with a unanimous vote.[14][15] He was later appointed as the Chief Justice by Muizzu on 6 August 2025.[16]
