Ahmed Faiz was born in H. Dh. Vaikaradhoo to Island Chief (Katheeb) Hussain Ali and Fathimath Yusuf. He is the second-eldest child. He spent most of his childhood studying abroad in

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. After several of years of his services in Government, in 2010, President

Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Nasheed GCSK (; born 17 May 1967) is a Maldivian politician and activist currently serving as the 19th speaker of the People's Majlis since May 2019. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, he served as President of the ...

appointed him as Chief Justice of the newly-established permanent

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with the approval of parliament, according to the 2008 constitution. He served until December 2014.

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