Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed | |
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11th Speaker of the People's Majlis | |
Assumed office 28 May 2014 |
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President | Abdulla Yameen |
Preceded by | Abdulla Shahid |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive Party of Maldives |
Alma mater |
Monash University University of Plymouth |
Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed, is the Speaker of the Maldives Parliament, named People's Majlis. He was elected Speaker on 28 May 2014.
Mohamed began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1982 and has been in the Public Service ever since. He is recognized as a formidable negotiator, campaigner and team builder. Mohamed contributed significantly to the democratic transition that has taken place in the Maldives in the last two decades, particularly as a member of the Special Majlis.
Mohamed worked at the President's Office as Deputy Minister from 2001.
Mohamed was first elected to the Parliament in 2000 to represent his own island constituency of Fuahmulah in the Gnaviyani Atoll and was re-elected in 2005, 2009 and again in 2014.
Mohamed served from July 2004 to August 2008 in the Special Majlis that was mandated with the drafting of the 2008 Constitution for the Maldives.
Mohamed is a member of the Progressive Party of the Maldives, PPM, currently the main governing party in the Maldives.