Hassan Bubacar Jallow

Hassan B. Jallow
Jallow in 2016
Chief Justice of the Gambia
Assumed office
15 February 2017
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded byEmmanuel Fagbenle
Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
In office
1 March 2012 – 29 February 2016
Preceded byNew position
Succeeded bySerge Brammertz
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
In office
15 September 2003 – 31 December 2016
Preceded byCarla Del Ponte
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia
In office
December 1998 – July 2002
PresidentYahya Jammeh
Minister of Justice
Attorney General of the Gambia
In office
July 1984 – July 1994
PresidentSir Dawda Jawara
Preceded byFafa Edrissa M'Bai
Succeeded byFafa Edrissa M'Bai
Solicitor General of the Gambia
In office
1982–1984
PresidentSir Dawda Jawara
Succeeded byRaymond Sock
Personal details
Born (1951-08-14) 14 August 1951 (age 73)
Bansang, British Gambia
Alma materUniversity of Dar es Salaam
Nigerian Law School
University College London

Hassan Bubacar Jallow (born 14 August 1951) is a Gambian judge who has served as Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017. He was the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 2003 to 2016, and the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) from 2012 to 2016, both at the rank of United Nations Under Secretary-General. He served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1984 to 1994 under President Dawda Jawara.