Committee approves Dr. Mausoom's appointment as Tourism Minister

The Parliament’s Government Oversight Committee has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdulla Mausoom as the Tourism Minister. 

Dr. Mausoom was approved as the Tourism Minister today after his initial swear-in was advised as void by the Parliament. Dr. Mausoom was still at the post of Managing Director of a private company when he was initially sworn in as the Tourism Minister.

This led to calls within the parliament for him to retake the oath. The parliament eventually advised doing so, leading the Minister to resign on Sunday and retake the oath and therefore be reappointed as the Tourism Minister. 

His appointment was forwarded to the parliament for approval on Monday which was then forwarded to the Committee. The Committee approved the appointment yesterday.

Dr. Mausoom had previously served as the Ambassador from the Maldives to Singapore and even served as the Tourism Minister during previous administrations.