President appoints new defence and tourism ministers
President Yameen has appointed former MP Moosa Zameer as the new tourism minister. Zameer is a close associate of the president and a council member of the ruling party. The new defence minister, Adam Shareef, was previously state minister of education.
28 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has appointed Adam Shareef as the minister of defence and national security and Moosa Zameer as the minister of tourism.
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed administered oaths of office to the new ministers at a ceremony held at the president’s office this afternoon.
Shareef was previously state minister for education and had served in various posts at the ministry. He was also in charge of the Institute for Higher Education.
Zameer is a former MP and a council member of ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM). A close associate of the president, he was also a founding member of the now-defunct People’s Alliance party along with Yameen.
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