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Chief Justice of the
Maldives
Chief Justice of the; Maldives
	Incumbent; Ahmed Muthasim Adnan; since December 8, 2019
Style	The Honorable (formal); Chief Justice (formal)
Member of	Parliamentary Committee; Supreme Court
Seat	Theemuge
Nominator	President of the Maldives
Appointer	People's Majlis
Term length	Life tenure
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Maldives
Formation	September 18, 2008 (not fully functional until 2010)
First holder	Abdulla Saeed
Salary	Up to Rf. 200,000 [citation needed]
Website	supremecourt.mv

The chief justice of the Maldives is the most influential member of the judicial branch of the Maldives. He is appointed by the president of the Maldives.

He is a member of parliamentary committee and one member of the five Supreme Court justices. He overlooks on cases and handles national crises, including the 2011–12 Maldives political crisis as an example, as well as the protests in Maldives between 2015 and 2016 which left more than 1000 people injured.

There have been several chief justices in the Maldives, with the Honorable Uz Abdulla Saeed being the inaugural holder under the current constitution. He was appointed as a justice of Supreme Court of the Maldives, which was brought into being by the Constitution in 2008, and assumed office as chief justice of the Maldives, pursuant to Article 285 (b) of the Constitution, on 18 September 2008.

Appointment and removal

There have been several chief justices since the creation of the position in 2008.

Appointment

The president sends the name of the nominee or nominee's to the People's Majlis. It is debated if the nominee is fit and qualified to be the chief justice. The voting will take place after the debate and if approved it would be sent back to the president to appoint the new chief justice.

Removal

The removal of the chief justice is taken by People's Majlis. The president is not allowed any direct input in the decision, and cannot take any action against it. To be officially removed from office he must get a majority of the People's Majlis to vote in favor of the removal.

List of chief justices

Chief Justice		Date originally appointed as a Justice	Tenure	Length of tenure	Appointed by
1	Abdulla Saeed (born 1964)	September 18, 2008	September 18, 2008 – August 10, 2010	1 year, 296 days	Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom
2	Ahmed Faiz	August 10, 2010	August 10, 2010 – December 11, 2014	4 years, 123 days	Mohamed Nasheed
3	Abdulla Saeed (born 1964)	August 10, 2010	December 15, 2014 – June 20, 2018	3 years, 187 days	Abdulla Yameen
4	Ahmed Abdulla Didi (born 1966)	August 10, 2010	June 28, 2018 – November 18, 2019	1 year, 143 days	Abdulla Yameen
5	Ahmed Muthasim Adnan (born 1968)	August 10, 2010	November 18, 2019 – Incumbent	4 years, 355 days	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih