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Attorney General (Maldives)
Attorney General of the Maldives was introduced in 1932 under Sultun Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. It is responsible in upholding the law within a secure and a peace environment and defend the public interest. He is also designated as a member of the Cabinet of the Maldives. From 2014 to 2016, the Attorney General's office was part of the Ministry of Law and Gender, with Attorney General Mohamed Anil in charge of the ministry. Azima Shukoor Uza. Aishath Azima Shakoor was the first female attorney general of the Maldives. She was the Legal advisor and appointed as the Legal Affairs Minister at president's office in the presidency of President Abdulla Yameen. Azima was formerly a dep ... was the longest serving Attorney General since 1993. Attorney General list since 1993 References {{reflist Politics of the Maldives Government of the Maldives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Usham
Ahmed Usham is the incumbent Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ... of the Maldives. Earlier, he served as Deputy Solicitor General at the Attorney General's Office, and as Deputy Attorney General. He currently serving as the Maldives National Party's deputy leader. References Living people Attorneys General of the Maldives Maldivian lawyers Members of the People's Majlis Year of birth missing (living people) {{Maldives-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Munavvar
Dr. Mohamed Munavvar (Dhivehi: ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު މުނައްވަރު) was born in the island of Meedhoo. He was former Attorney General of Maldives. Dr. Munavvar's education qualifications include; Master of Laws with Honours (LL.M.), with specialization in International Law, 1985, Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University. Political career Dr. Munavvar served as the attorney general of the Maldives for ten years, until 2003.Crackdown in the Maldives , ''Daily Star'', 17 August 2004, retrieved 2011-08-08Maldives president sacks reformists after starting sixth term , '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Muizzu
Mohamed Muizzu ( dv, ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު މުޢިއްޒު; born 15 June 1978) is a Maldivian politician who is currently serving as president of the Maldives since 17 November 2023. He was selected for his party's nomination after former president Abdulla Yameen was jailed for serious corruption charges. He was chosen as his successor since Abdulla Yameen was ineligible to run for elections. He served as Housing Minister under President Waheed Hassan and Abdulla Yameen, and was serving Mayor of Malé before being nominated as the People's National Congress candidate for the 2023 presidential election, in which he defeated then-president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Early career Education Muizzu went to Majeediyya School, the oldest school in Maldives. He earned his bachelor's and master's degree in structural engineering at the University of London, and he earned his PhD in civil engineering at the University of Leeds. His PhD thesis concerned "Thermal and time-depend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ( dv, އިބްރާހީމް މުޙައްމަދު ޞާލިޙް; ar, إبراهيم محمد صالح; born 1 March 1962), better known as Ibu (އިބޫ), is a Maldivian politician and the president of the Maldives since 17 November 2018. Solih was first elected to the People's Majlis in 1994, aged 30, as the MP from his home atoll of Faadhippolhu. Solih played a leading role in the formation of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and the Maldives Political Reform Movement from 2003 until 2008, which led to the country adopting a new modern constitution and multiparty democracy for the first time in its history. Solih was also a senior member of parliament and the Special Majlis. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, Solih was elected as President of Maldives on 23 September 2018 following the 2018 Maldives presidential election. Early and personal life Solih was born on Hinnavaru Island but moved to the Maldives' capital, Malé at a youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulla Yameen
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom ( dv, ޢަބްދުﷲ ޔާމީން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who was President of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018. He left office on 17 November 2018 following his defeat in the 2018 presidential election, in which he sought to win a second 5-year term. Yameen was elected president in the 2013 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party (PPM), defeating Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed in the second round of the re-run, after the initial election was annulled. He was the second democratically elected president of the Republic of the Maldives. Career Yameen started his government service in July 1978. Following his undergraduate studies in Beirut, Lebanon. He served first as Secretary at the Department of Finance and then as Research Officer at the Research and International Organisations Division of the Maldives Monetary Authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Waheed Hassan
Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik ( dv, ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު ޙަސަން މަނިކު; Arabic: مُحَمَّد وَحِيد حَسَن مَانِيك; born 3 January 1953) is a Maldivian politician who served as the fifth President of Maldives from 7 February 2012 to 17 November 2013, having succeeded to office following the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed, under whom Waheed had served as Vice President. He had previously worked as a news anchor, a United Nations official with UNICEF, UNDP and UNESCO, and a member of the Maldivian Parliament. On 7 February 2012, he assumed the office of president following the resignation of the incumbent, Mohamed Nasheed. Initially, Nasheed claimed that a coup d'état had occurred, however these claims were proved to be false by an independent report from the Commission of National Inquiry. Nasheed initially accepted this report "with reservations", but later refuted it in its entirety. His short tenure in office i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husnu Al Suood
Husnu Al Suood (Dhivehi: ޙުސްނުއްސުޢޫދު ) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Maldives since 8 December 2019. He was the Attorney General of the Maldives from June 2009 to August 2010. He served as the Chief Judge of the Civil Court (1997 - 1999) and as a member of the Judicial Service Commission of Maldives (2008 to 2010). He also served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of the Maldives from 2003 to 2005. As a member of the Special Majlis Suood participated in drafting the current constitution of the Republic of Maldives. Publications * Principles of Islamic Law of Evidence and Its Application in the Maldives (2021), The Maldives Law Institute, Male’, Maldives. * Dhivehi Law Dictionary (2018), The Maldives Law Institute, Male’, Maldives. * Islamic Law of Inheritance (2018), The Maldives Law Institute, Male’, Maldives. * Drafting Commercial Contracts (2018), The Maldives Law Institute, Male’, Maldives. * Textbook of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed GCSK (; born 17 May 1967) is a Maldivian politician and activist currently serving as the 19th speaker of the People's Majlis since May 2019. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, he served as President of the Maldives from 2008 until his resignation in 2012. He is the first democratically elected president of the Maldives and the only president to resign from office. Born in Malé, Nasheed was educated overseas before returning to the Maldives and becoming involved in political activism. He was first elected to Parliament in 1999 but was later forced to leave office, and was arrested and imprisoned several times during his early career. His arrest in 2005 prompted civil unrest. In the first round of the 2008 presidential election, he won 25% of the votes and later defeated incumbent President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had governed the Maldives as president for 30 continuous years. As President, Nasheed played a role in drawing international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat, and was the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985. She was appointed Secretary-General at the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in February 2011, and assumed office in Kathmandu on 1 March 2011. She succeeded India's Sheel Kant Sharma, whose term ended in February. She was previously the Maldives’ Attorney General, and also served as the Maldivian Government’s Envoy for South Asia. She holds a master's degree in Law from the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University, Japan. She has a PhD from Leicester University, UK. She is the first female to hold this position, as well as the youngest person on the post. Early years and education Dhiyana Saeed was born in Hithadhoo (modern Addu City), Maldives. She obtained her primary and secondary education in the Maldives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Saeed
Hassan Saeed ( Dhivehi: ޑރ. ޙަސަން ސަޢީދު) was the former Attorney General of the Republic of Maldives, a role in which he served from November 11, 2003 to August 5, 2007. He is the current managing partner of Chambers Inn and is also the Managing Director of Premier Property Pvt Ltd. Prior to establishing his own law firm and his transition into the world of real estate and corporate law, Saeed led a long political and legal career in the government of the Republic of Maldives. In 1996, he served as a State Attorney, and after completing his doctorate in law at the University of Queensland and serving as the Chief Judge of the Criminal Court and the Juvenile Court, was appointed to the position of Attorney General of the Republic of Maldives in 2003, a position in which he served until mid-2007. As the Attorney General, Saeed served as the chief legal advisor to the Maldivian government and led a long series of reforms to completely overhaul the country's po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (; dv, މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar who served as the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. After serving as Minister of Transport, he was nominated as President by the Majlis (Parliament) of the Maldives and succeeded Ibrahim Nasir in 1978. He was defeated in the October 2008 presidential election. In opposition, he continued to serve as leader of the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party until January 2010, when he retired from active politics. However, in September 2011, he returned to Maldivian politics as the leader of the newly formed Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), whose candidate Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, Maumoon's half-brother, was victorious in the 2013 presidential elections. In July 2016, due to disagreements between president Yameen and Maumoon, the party split into two factions. Later in October 27, Maumoon withdrew his support for president Yameen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azima Shukoor
Uza. Aishath Azima Shakoor was the first female attorney general of the Maldives. She was the Legal advisor and appointed as the Legal Affairs Minister at president's office in the presidency of President Abdulla Yameen. Azima was formerly a deputy at the Ministry of Home Affairs. She was an appointed member of parliament appointed by the President Gayoom and President of Women's Wing of Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP). She also served as the Minister of Gender Family and Human Rights, Her predecessor as Attorney General was Dr. Hassan Saeed, who brought considerable reform within the existing legal framework. She was succeeded by Uza. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed. Uza. Aishath Azima Shakoor remained as attorney general till the end of the presidential term of president Maumoon Abdhul Gayyoom and was later appointed by President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik ( dv, ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު ޙަސަން މަނިކު; Arabic: مُحَمَّ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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