President Abdulla Yameen has on Tuesday appointed Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim of Bodufendaage from the island of Hinnavaru in Lhaviyani Atoll to the post of Deputy Minister of Education.
The Education Ministry currently has two state ministers and six other deputy ministers.
The current government has a total of 16 cabinet ministers, 5 other appointees at ministerial rank, 30 state ministers and 60 deputy ministers.
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(0)President Abdulla Yameen has this week announced a number of new political appointees.
Abdul Rasheed Nafiz has been reappointed as chairman of the Transport Authority – having been appointed to the post previously during President Mohamed Waheed’s administration before being removedby the current government in January.
Former parliamentarian for the Hanimaadhoo constituency Mohamed Mujuthaz has been appointed to the post of state minister at the President’s Office. Mujuthaz is a member of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).
Former footballer Shah Ismail has been appointed deputy minister of youth and sports. Shah served as the ministry’s sports advisor during the Waheed administration.
Meanwhile, the PPM’s Secretary General Mohamed Zuhair has been appointed deputy minister of finance and treasury.
Last week Yameen proposed three names as heads of diplomatic missions, nominating Abdulla Hameed as Non-Resident Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and the State of Kuwait, Dr Mohamed Asim as Non-Resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and Ahmed Shiaan as Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, and as Non-Resident High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Both the Bangladesh and the UK missions have had their resident high commissioners removed as the Foreign Ministry seeks to reduce costs.
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