Presdent Abdulla Yameen has appointed Mohamed Ashmalee as a state minister for finance and treasury.
The appointment brings the number of ministers to include 16 cabinet members, 5 other appointees at ministerial rank, 32 state ministers and 60 deputy ministers.
Yoosuf Abdul Ghafoor was appointed as the state minister for home affairs last week.
The president has also submitted the name of Aishath Zahira to the People’s Majlis for a second term as the deputy governor of the Maldives Monetary Authority, while applications are currently being received for the new post of information commissioner as well as a new member of the Police Integrity Commission.
