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The Republic of the Maldive Islands/ Dhivehi Raajjeygen Jumhuriya (Female Suffrage 1932)A sultanate under protection of the British Crown achieved internal Self-government 1948, it became a republic in 1952 and was independent in 1965

Also see Maldive Islands Parliament and Maldives Heads

1977-? Minister of Health Moomina Haleem
Ca. 1989-94 Minister of Youth, Women's Affairs and Sports
1995-97 Minister of Youth, Women's Affairs and Sports

1997-2002 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare Hon. Rashida Yoosuf (Fourth in the Cabinet)
High Commissioner to Sri Lanka in 2002 as the first female Ambassador

2002-04 Minister of Gender, Family Development and Social Security Aneesa Ahmed
2004-05 Minister of Health
2005-08 Minister of the President's Office
Around 1982 Undersecretary to the Executive Secretary of the President, Parliamentary Group Leader of the Dhivehi Raiyyithunge Party, DRP and Deputy Speaker of the of Majlis 2008-09.

2004-05 Minister of Gender, Family Development and Social Security Zahiya Zareer
2005-08 Minister of Education
Former civil servant and appointed MP, She comes from the powerful Jameel family. Her late father was a minister in the former government her uncle is the current foreign Minister and her mother also sat in the parliament.

2004-08 Deputy Minister  of Atolls Development Fathimath Sheereen Abdullah
Former Director General in the Department and an elected MP. As the Deputy Minister for Atolls Development, she exercises considerable power on the people and governance of island communities in the country. Also the wife of the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and

2005-08 Minister of Gender and Family and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminath Mohamed Didi
Former Head of the Department of External Resources of the Foreign Ministry and an appointed MP

2005-06 Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Aishath Shiham
2008-08 Minister of Youth and Sports
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry 2006-08.

2005-07 Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Aishath Azima Shakoor
2007-08 Attorney General

2008-09 Attorney General Fatimath Dhiyana Saeed

2008- Minister of Health and Family Dr Aminath Jameel
She had originally been selected as vice-presidential candidate of by the new president Mohamed Nasheed, of the Maldivian Democratic Party, but the party’s Islamic council rejected the choice, deeming it "un-Islamic" for a woman to hold such a leadership position.

2008- Deputy Minister of Education Shifa Mohamed

2009- Deputy Minister of Health and Family Mariya Ali

Last update 05.05.09