Abdulla Hameed’s body brought back for state funeral
Former atolls minister and speaker of parliament, Abdulla Hameed – younger brother of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and half-brother to President Abdulla Yameen – passed away at the age of 76 on August 18 while undergoing treatment in Bangalore, India.
20 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
The body of former atolls minister and speaker of parliament, Abdulla Hameed, was brought back to the Maldives this morning for a state funeral.
Hameed, younger brother of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and half-brother to President Abdulla Yameen, passed away at the age of 76 on August 18 while undergoing treatment in Bangalore, India.
Hameed was flown to Bangalore for medical treatment after suffering a stroke in early July.
Hameed’s coffin, draped in the national flag and carried by soldiers, was greeted at the presidential jetty by President Yameen, first lady Fathmath Ibrahim, speaker of parliament Abdulla Maseeh, cabinet ministers, and Hameed’s children and grandchildren.
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