Shamau Shareef has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Health.

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made the appointment during a ceremony held at the President’s Office on Monday.

The new Deputy Health Minister served as the Deputy Mayor at the Malé City Council during the past year.

Other position filled by Shamau before his appointment include two consecutive terms as a Council Member at Malé City Council and also at the Governing Board of the Local Government Authority (LGA). He served in the LGA Governing Board from 6 March 2014 to 5 July 2017. Shamau also served in several positions of the main ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).

The appointee attained a Diploma in Psychology from the American College of Higher Education in Sri Lanka and also has an Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology from the American National College, Sri Lanka.