President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Monday appointed a Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

Luayyu Saeed is the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

Luayyu Saeed holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Accounting, obtained from Oxford Brookes University, England.

Before his new appointment, Luayyu Saeed served as the General Manager—Finance at the Maldives Real Estate Investment Corporation (MREIC).

He also served at the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) as an internal audit executive and at the Auditor General’s Office as a senior auditor.

With the new appointment, the Ministry of Home Affairs now has two deputy ministers.