VP and cabinet to be approved
The Government Accountability Committee of the of the Peoples’ Majlis has decided to approve the presidential nominees for his cabinet and Vice President.
The committee decided to approve President Dr. Mohamed Waheed’s 14 Ministerial appointments and the nominee for Vice President after a vote taken among the members of the committee yesterday. Six members from the ten member committee voted in favour of the approval.
The three members who voted against the approval of the cabinet and the Vice President were the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s Vice President, Feydhoo MP Alhan Fahmy; Machangolhi Uthuru MP Maariya Ahmed Didi and Madaveli MP Mohamed Nazim.
The fourteen presidential nominees for the cabinet sent for Majlis’s approval are Home Minister Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim, Attorney General Aishath Azima Shakoor, Health and Family Minister Dr. Ahmed Jamsheed, Education Minister Dr. Asim Mohamed, Economic Minister Ahmed Mohamed (Andey), Transport and Communication Minister Dr. Ahmed Shamheed, Human Resources, Youth and Sports Minister Mohamed Hussain Shareef (Mundhu), Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Ahmed Adheeb, Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed, Housing and Environment Minister Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, Foreign Minister Dr. Abdul Samad Abdulla, Finance Minister Abdulla Jihad, and Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Ahmed Shafeeu.
Restructuring of government by President Dr Waheed which includes changing names of Ministry of Health and Family to Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Housing and Environment to Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure; and also the creation of Ministry of Gender, Family and Human Rights and Ministry of Environment and Energy were also sent to the Majlis.