Abdul Rasheed Hussain (born September 16, 1946) is a historian, linguist and poet, and a former Minister of Cabinet of the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

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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 Trans ...

administration. His first cabinet portfolio was as the Minister of Atolls Administration in 1993. In addition, he has filled other cabinet positions such as Minister of Employment and Labour, Minister of Planning, Human Resources and Environment, Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources, and Minister for Higher Education, Employment and Social Security. He also served in the People's Majlis for over 20 years and served as the Deputy Speaker from 2000 to 2005. He holds a BA (Honours) in Economics from the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (whic ...

in Pakistan and is the first Maldivian to hold a graduate degree in economics. On 27 July 2013, Mr Abdul Rasheed Hussain was awarded the Most Honourable Order of Distinguished Rule of Izzudheen (Nishaan Izzuddeen Izzathuge Verikan), the second highest honour conferred by the Maldivian State. Abdul Rasheed Hussain is currently retired and serves as chairman of Liyuntheringe Gulhun, a literary organization of distinguished writers in the Maldives. He lives in the capital with his wife Moonisa Ibrahim.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20071215095854/http://www.ifad.org/events/gc/26/speech/maldives.htm *http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/top/detail.asp?event_id=12864 *http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/pages/eng_news.php?news:4098:1 *https://web.archive.org/web/20061004102610/http://www.bobpigo.org/bbn/sep_04/Pages-4-5.pdf *http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/?lid=11&dcid=13069 *http://www.sun.mv/english/14610 *https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101803/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/independence_day/50245 *http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/?lid=11&dcid=6635 1946 births Maldivian poets University of Karachi alumni Living people Government ministers of the Maldives 20th-century Maldivian writers 21st-century Maldivian writers Linguists from the Maldives Maldivian historians 20th-century poets 20th-century historians 20th-century linguists 20th-century male writers 21st-century poets 21st-century historians 21st-century linguists 21st-century male writers {{Maldives-bio-stub