16 appointments to the President’s Office including Adhurey

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu presents letter of appointment to Special Advisor to the President Abdul Raheem Abdulla on November 17, 2023. (Photo/President's Office)

Newly sworn in President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has appointed 16 executives to the President’s Office.

The new appointees were presented their letters of appointment during a ceremony held at the President’s Office on Friday night.

They include Abdul Raheem Abdulla, who had served as Director General of Transition, as the Special Advisor to the President. He was appointed to the post at a senior ministerial level.

The remaining appointments are as follows;

Chief of Staff - Abdulla Fayaz

Abdulla Fayaz has served as a deputy minister at the Housing Ministry during former president Yameen’s administration

Five Ministers:

Minister at the President’s Office for Presidential Affairs - Ali Arif
Minister at the President’s Office - Abdulla Nasir
Minister at the President’s Office - Adam Rameez
Minister at the President’s Office for Strategic Communications - Ibrahim Khaleel
Minister at the President’s Office for Legal Affairs – Uz. Ahmed Hisham Wajeeh

Other posts:

National Security Advisor - Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rtd) Ibrahim Latheef
Principal Secretary to the President on Foreign Relations - Mohamed Naseer
Principal Secretary to the President on Cabinet Affairs - Ahmed Ali Habeeb
Principal Secretary to the President on Corporate Development - Mohamed Shahid
Secretary to the President on Corporate Services - Hussain Amir
Secretary to the President on Legal Affairs – Uz. Abbas Shareef
Secretary to the President on Public Policy – Dr. Aishath Ikram
Principal Advisor to the President on Trade and Investment - Mohamed Ali Janah
Advisor to the President on Tourism Development - Mohamed Khaleel

Both Principal Advisor to the President on Trade and Investment and Advisor to the President on Tourism Development are posts appointed without remuneration.

In addition to this, President Muizzu has also appointed Dr. Ali Naseer the Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mohamed Shahudy as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

By Naizak Mohamed

Journalist