Hassan Saeed

<!-- Missing image removed: -->Dr. Hassan Saeed (Dhivehi: ޑރ. ޙަސަން ސަޢީދު) was attorney-general of the Maldives from 11 November 2003 to 5 August 2007. Saeed was appointed as the Attorney-General at the age of 33 by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on 11 November 2003.<!-- Deleted image removed: -->

Education

Educated in International Islamic University Malaysia before earning his Ph.D. at the University of Queensland in Australia, Saeed served as the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court before being appointed as Attorney-General.

Political career

New Maldives Trio

A leading member of the New Maldives faction of the governing Maldivian People's Party (DRP), Saeed was elected as the Vice President of DRP in April 2006. The same month he also co-founded with Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, a fellow graduate of the University of Queensland and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mohamed Jameel Ahmedl.

Saeed was thrust in to the limelight as President Gayoom began a new term of office committed to a rapid overhaul of the country's archaic governance system and legal framework, shortly after riots rocked the capital in the aftermath of the killing of four persons in prison, discrediting the country's archaic penal and legal system.

Saeed supported a reform agenda proposed by......
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