Viran Molisa Trief
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- Sela Molisa (father)
- Grace Mera Molisa (mother)
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.jpg) Trief at her swearing-in ceremony (2019) | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu | |
| Assumed office July 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Tallis Obed Moses |
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Viran Molisa Trief (born 1977) is a Ni-Vanuatu jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu since July 2019; she was the first Ni-Vanuatu woman to hold that role. She previously served as Solicitor General, and was the first woman to that role.
Trief is the daughter of Grace Mera Molisa and Sela Molisa, who were both instrumental in the founding of the Republic of Vanuatu in 1980.[1] She is the eldest of three children; her brother Pala is a lecturer at Victoria University's Business School.[2] They grew up in Port Vila, but went to New Zealand for their secondary education.[2] Trief went to Nelson College for Girls, before graduating from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Laws with honours in 2001.[3] She also has a Bachelor of Tourism Services Management.[1] She graduated with a Master of Public Policy from the Australian National University in 2011, winning the Raymond Apthorpe Master Degree Prize for the best overall result in the degree.[4]