Hon. Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed
Chief Justice and President, Supreme Court of Somalia
Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed is the Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of the Federal Government of Somalia, a position he has held since 2018. For more than 10 years, he has been actively engaged in the Somali state building process with a focus on the enhancement of the rule of law and the electoral system. Justice Ahmed has served as Senior Legal Advisor in the National Independent Electoral Commission of Somalia (NIEC) and Senior Case Management and Administration Expert in the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2018. Before that, he worked as Senior Legal Counsel in the Somaliland House of Representatives, the Somaliland Electoral Commission and for the United Nations, particularly UNDP. He has also served a senior lecturer at the University of Hargeisa while serving as a Lawyer and Human Rights defender.