Ronny Abraham

Ronny Abraham
Abraham in 2013
Judge of the International Court of Justice
Assumed office
15 February 2005
Preceded byGilbert Guillaume
President of the International Court of Justice
In office
6 February 2015 – 6 February 2018
Preceded byPeter Tomka
Succeeded byAbdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
Personal details
Born (1951-09-05) 5 September 1951 (age 73)
Alexandria, Egypt
Alma materUniversity of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (Diploma)
National School of Administration
OccupationJudge

Ronny Abraham (French: [a.bʁa.am]; born 5 September 1951) is a French academic and practitioner in the field of public international law who was elected to the International Court of Justice, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of judge and former President Gilbert Guillaume. He served the remainder of Guillaume's which ended on 5 February 2009, and was reelected for a term extending to 2018.[1][2]

  1. ^ "United Nations News Centre - Five judges elected to serve on UN International Court of Justice". un.org. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  2. ^ "World's top court among nations gets new judges - Taiwan News Online". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-10-26.