Parliament approves all 20 Cabinet appointees

Parliament has provided its seal of approval to all appointees to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s Cabinet.

Solih’s Cabinet has 20 members; which includes the Attorney General and 19 Cabinet ministers.

The Parliament called the name of each appointee for vote separately in this Tuesday’s sitting which was attended by 73 parliamentarians.

Those who won the approval with the unanimous consensus of 72 parliamentarians who took part in the voting:

• Attorney General, Ibrahim Riffath
• Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, Zaha Waheed
• Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, Aminath Athifa Shakoor
• Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Ahmed Mahloof

Minister of Economic Development, Fayyaz Ismail won the approval with the majority vote of 71 parliamentarians.

72 parliamentarians took part in the vote for Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Ahmed Zahir Ali. 71 parliamentarians voted in favor of the appointment and one parliamentarian voted against the appointment.

Those who won the approval with the unanimous consensus of 70 parliamentarians who took part in the voting:

• Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Shahid
• Minister of Defense, Mariya Ahmed Didi
• Minister of Finance, Ibrahim Ameer
• Minister of National Planning and Infrastructure, Mohamed Aslam
• Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan
• Minister of Communication, Science and Technology, Mohamed Maleeh Jamal
• Minister of Health, Abdulla Ameen
• Minister of Education, Dr. Aishath Ali
• Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Aishath Nahula

Minister of Tourism, Ali Waheed won the approval with the unanimous consensus of 69 parliamentarians who took part in the voting. And Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Yumna Maumoon won approval with the unanimous consensus of 68 parliamentarians who took part in the voting.

69 parliamentarians took part in the vote on Minister of Home Affairs, Sheikh Imran Abdulla. 68 parliamentarians voted in favor of the appointment and one abstained.

70 parliamentarians took part in the vote on Minister of Gender, Family and Social Services, Shidhatha Shareef. 67 parliamentarians voted in favor of the appointment, two parliamentarians voted against the appointment, and one abstained.