Yameen appoints new home minister
Yameen has replaced Home Minister Ahmed Zuhoor with Azleen Ahmed, a junior minister at the education ministry. The reason for the sudden change remain unclear.
01 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has replaced Home Minister Ahmed Zuhoor with former Deputy Minister of Education, Azleen Ahmed.
Azleen took his oath of office at a ceremony at the president’s office today.
Zuhoor, who only took up the home affairs portfolio in June, remains in the cabinet as a minister.
When asked about Zuhoor’s new portfolio, Ibrahim Muaz Ali, the president’s spokesman, said: “Can he not be just minister? Should the title ‘minister’ always be followed by an ‘of …’?”
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