Former SAARC secy-gen appointed Maldives minister

Last Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012, 21:00

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Former SAARC secy-gen appointed Maldives minister

Male: Former Secretary-General of SAARC Fathmath Dhiyana Saeed was on Monday sworn-in as Maldives' new minister of gender, family and human rights.

Saeed, had quit as the first woman secretary-general of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in January amid controversy over her statements on the domestic politics of the Maldives.

She had resigned after the Maldives government expressed outrage over her remarks against the arrest of the country's Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed.

Under the new arrangement, Ministry of health and family has been dissolved and two new ministries have been formed in its place - ministry of health and ministry of gender, family and human rights.

Ex-minister of health and family Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed has been made the the minister of health.

PTI

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First Published: Monday, May 07, 2012, 21:00

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Ranjith Abeysinghe - Colombo,Sri Lanka.
Changes for better and rapid improvement in all aspects of assigned task are always welcome.We Sri Lanka earnestly wish Maldives make her success in all her ventures.