Azmiralda Zahir, born in 1979, is a Maldivian lawyer and jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2019 to 2025. She studied law in the United Kingdom and began practicing in the Maldives in 1999, was appointed to the High Court of the Maldives in 2011, and by her resignation from that court in 2016 was described as the country's most senior female judge. In November 2019 she briefly served as the Maldives' first female Chief Justice, temporarily filling the vacancy left by the retirement of Abdulla Areef, around the time of her appointment to the Supreme Court.
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Field of Law Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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Azmiralda Zahir (Dhivehi: އަޒްމިރާލްދާ ޒާހިރު; born 19 July 1979) is a Maldivian lawyer and jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2019 to 2025.
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In 2011, she was appointed to the High Court of the Maldives, and at the time of her resignation in 2016 was described as the country's most senior female judge.
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Azmiralda Zahir (Dhivehi: އަޒްމިރާލްދާ ޒާހިރު; born 19 July 1979) is a Maldivian lawyer and jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2019 to 2025.
Member Of: Supreme Court of the Maldives, Lead: Supreme Court of the Maldives
Azmiralda Zahir (Dhivehi: އަޒްމިރާލްދާ ޒާހިރު; born 19 July 1979) is a Maldivian lawyer and jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2019 to 2025.
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Azmiralda Zahir
Wikidata Q123422179, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1979
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P569 (date of birth): 1979-07-19
View the SourceCentral Intelligence Agency: Maldives, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIn Legal System: Sharia, Government: Legal systemQuote, In Legal System: Sharia, Government: Legal system
Islamic (sharia) legal system with English common law influences, primarily in commercial matters
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