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Speaker of the People's Majlis since 2024 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdul Raheem Abdulla (Dhivehi: ޢަބްދުއްރަޙީމް ޢަބްދުﷲ; born 19 April 1967) more popularly known as Adhurey is a Maldivian politician currently serving the 21st speaker of the People's Majlis since 28 May 2024[1][2] before which he was serving as a Special Advisor to the President of Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu.[3] He is the chairman of People's National Congress.[4][5]
Abdul Raheem Abdulla | |
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ޢަބްދުއްރަޙީމް ޢަބްދުﷲ | |
21st Speaker of the People's Majlis | |
Assumed office 28 May 2024 | |
President | Mohamed Muizzu |
Deputy | Ahmed Nazim |
Preceded by | Mohamed Aslam |
Special Advisor to the President | |
In office 17 November 2023 – 28 May 2024 | |
President | Mohamed Muizzu |
Chairperson of the People's National Congress | |
Assumed office 5 October 2023 | |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 28 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Moosa Siraj |
Constituency | Fonadhoo |
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 May 2019 | |
Succeeded by | Moosa Siraj |
Constituency | Fonadhoo |
Personal details | |
Born | Fonadhoo, Laamu Atoll, Maldives | 19 April 1967
Political party | People's National Congress |
Other political affiliations | Progressive Party of Maldives (2014–) People's Alliance (2008–2013) |
Children | Ibrahim Faisal |
Profession | Politician |
Abdul Raheem Abdulla was born to Maryam Ahmed[6] on 19 April 1967 in Fonadhoo.[7]
He was exiled as punishment of a crime during the presidency of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom for stealing corrugated roofing sheets from the State Trading Organisation and became known as "Tinu Adhurey".[8][9]
Abdul Raheem was elected to the 17th People's Majlis in 2009 representing the People's Alliance party (PA), headed by ex-President Abdulla Yameen.[10][11] In 2014, he was reelected representing the Progressive Party of Maldives in Fonadhoo in the 18th People's Majlis,[12] and was nominated as the party's candidate for Deputy Speaker, but lost to Reeko Moosa Manik.[13]
He was appointed Vice President of PPM after losing an election for the same.[14] Abdul Raheem was of the founding members of the People's National Congress (PNC),[15] of which he later became the chairperson.[5] On 17 November 2023, he was appointed as the Special Advisor to the President.[3] He was elected as the Speaker of the People's Majlis on 28 May 2024.[2]
Abdul Raheem was embroiled in a controversy after he referred to the former Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed as a "Jew" and a "Munafiq of proportions hereto unseen in the country".[16][17]
He was widely derided for claiming at a campaign event during the 2018 Maldivian presidential election that it was attended by 200,000 people "because 50 multiplied by 4 is 200,000", and has been subsequently known has "Hisaabu Soa" or "Mathematics teacher", with grossly incorrect sums popularly referred to as "Adhureymatics".[18]
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