Abdul Gani Patail

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Patail is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Gani.
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima
Abdul Gani Patail
PMN PSM SUMW SPDK DGSM SJMK PNBS SSIS SSAP DPMP
8th Attorney General of Malaysia
In office
1 January 2002 – 27 July 2015
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
Preceded byAinum Mohd Saaid
Succeeded byMohamed Apandi Ali
Personal details
Born (1955-10-06) 6 October 1955 (age 69)
Lahad Datu, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
SpouseMaimon Datuk Haji Arif
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
ProfessionProsecutor

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Gani bin Patail (born 6 October 1955) is a Malaysian prosecutor. He was the Attorney General of Malaysia from 2002 to 2015, the first from Sabah to hold the position (hailing from Lahad Datu and was born in Lahad Datu district).[1]

In July 2015, Abdul Gani informed police that investigators had enough information to prepare a charge sheet against Prime Minister Najib Razak.[2] Yet Abdul Gani was later removed from his position for "health reasons" and replaced by Mohamed Apandi Ali.[3]

  1. ^ "Gani Patail, first local to hold post of AG | Sayang Sabah". Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Former AG prepped charge sheet against Najib: Mahathir". www.straitstimes.com. 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ Shagar, Loshana K.; Mageswari, M. (28 July 2015). "Mohamed Apandi Ali replaces Gani Patail as Attorney-General". The Star.