Hassan Saeed

Hassan Saeed (Dhivehi: ޑރ. ޙަސަން ސަޢީދު) was Attorney General of the Republic of Maldives from November 11, 2003, to August 5, 2007. He is the current managing partner of Chambers Inn and the Managing Director of Premier Property Pvt Ltd.

Prior to establishing his own law firm and entering real estate, Saeed served as a State Attorney, and after completing his doctorate in law at the University of Queensland and serving as the Chief Judge of the Criminal Court and the Juvenile Court, was appointed to the position of Attorney General of the Republic of Maldives.

As the Attorney General, Saeed served as the chief legal advisor to the Maldivian government and led a long series of reforms to overhaul and transform the country into a functional liberal democracy. These reforms took inspiration from the legal systems of modern Western democracies while maintaining local and Islamic distinctives.

In June 2007, Saeed resigned in protest, arguing that the government was not sincere in the process and was slowing and even trying to reverse the reforms.

In the country’s first ever multiparty democratic election, Saeed contested as an independent candidate and came third on an agenda of clean, transparent governance and reform.

He also served as an advisor to two different presidents: President Mohamed Nasheed, from 2008 to 2009, and President Mohammed Waheed Hassan from 2012 to 2013. Saeed has drafted 24 Bills for government agencies and political parties.

After serving in the Maldivian government for many years, Saeed turned to corporate law and real estate. Today, Saeed is an expert on Maldivian real estate law and management and has liaised with the country’s leading developers from the first ever condominium built in the country in 2009. Provided by Wikipedia