Maldives parliament appoints first female secretary general
Fathmath Niusha had been standing in for the secretary general since he resigned in February.
09 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives parliament on Monday appointed its first female secretary general.
Fathmath Niusha, who had been standing in for the secretary general since his resignation in February, was appointed with the votes of 33 lawmakers from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).
Niusha is the first woman to lead the secretarial duties of majlis (parliament) since the formation of its secretariat in 1971.
Her predecessor, Ahmed Mohamed, resigned “for personal reasons” following the political crisis that led to the arrest and detention of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and two Supreme Court justices.
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