Ahmed Naseer (born October 31, 1975, in Maldives) is a Maldivian economist and former governor of Maldives Monetary Authority from August 2017 to July 2019. Naseer was raised in Malé, the capital of Maldives, and attended Iskandar School and

Majeediyya School Majeediyya School (Dhivehi: މަޖީދިއްޔާ ސުކޫލް ) is the first Maldivian government school, located in Malé, Maldives. It was a single gender school that used to teach only boys students to the secondary level of education until ...

. Upon completion of his GCE O levels, he joined the Science Education Center for his higher secondary education He received his bachelor's degree in Economics from the

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

, Perth, Western Australia. He also earned a

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in education from Curtin. In 2007, Naseer was awarded a

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, and completed his MA in

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from Williams College, Massachusetts, United States. After three years in the education sector, he joined the Ministry of Finance and Treasury as an assistant director. Upon completion of his master's degree, he joined the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), the central bank of the country. He then was appointed for the government in April 2011 as a State Minister of Finance. Naseer resigned from his government post towards the end of December 2011. Naseer has been actively engaged in the tourism sector for the past five years, and is among the founders of the 'Guest House Association of Maldives'. Naseer has also been credited as the pioneer in the local island tourism in Maldives, with the opening of his Guest House, WhiteShell Beach Inn in Maafushi Island as the first guest house to be opened in a local island.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naseer, Ahmed Governors of Maldives Monetary Authority Government ministers of the Maldives Curtin University alumni Williams College alumni 1975 births Living people Maldivian economists