Ahmed Thasmeen Ali

Who is Ahmed Thasmeen Ali?

Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, leader of Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party is a Maldivian MP, philanthropist and a businessman. Thasmeen started his career as a civil servant and after venturing into politics he was elected to Peoples Majlis from Baa Atoll and later he served in Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s cabinet and was his running mate in the first multiparty election held in the Maldives in 2008.

His first Cabinet portfolio was Minister of Atolls Development and later served as Minister of Home Affairs,.

He is the current leader of the opposition political party, Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party, and was, until May 2012, Minority Leader in the Peoples Majlis Majlis of the Maldives.