Ronny Abraham

Ronny Abraham (France) was elected to the International Court of Justice, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of judge and former President Gilbert Guillaume. He will serve the remainder of Guillaume's term which ends on February 5, 2009. He was born on September 5, 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt. He earned his degree in Advanced Studies in Public Law at the University of Paris II, and led a distinguished career characterised by numerous academic and judicial postings, which include:

*Administrative Tribunal Judge (1978-1985 and 1987-1988)
*Assistant Director of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1986-1987)
*At the Council of State,
**Maître des requêtes (1988-2000)
**Conseiller d’État (since 2000)
*Government Commissioner within the judicial system (1989-1998).
*Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since October 1998).
*Professor at the University of Paris II (since 2004)

As head of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1998, he has acted as legal adviser to the Government in the areas of general international public law, European Union law, international human rights law, Law of the Sea and laws on the Antarctic.

Since 1998 he has been a representative for France in many cases before international and European courts.