Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Government of the Maldives |
| Headquarters | Velaanage, Malé, Maldives |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | fisheries |
The Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources (Dhivehi: މަސްވެރިކަމާއި ކަނޑުގެ ވަސީލަތްތަކާ ބެހޭ ވުޒާރާ) is a Maldivian government ministry tasked with optimising the productivity, sustainability of fisheries and ocean resources using effective regulation.[1]
Ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture | ||||||||
| 1 | Ibrahim Didi | 12 November 2008 | 29 June 2010 | 1 year, 229 days | MDP | Nasheed | [2] | |
| 1 | Ibrahim Didi | 07 July 2010 | 11 December 2010 | 157 days | MDP | Nasheed | [2][3] | |
| - | Aminath Jameel Acting | 11 December 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 107 days | ? | Nasheed | [3] | |
| - | Mohamed Aslam | 28 March 2011 | 19 July 2011 | 113 days | MDP | Nasheed | [4] | |
| 1 | Ibrahim Didi | 19 July 2011 | 07 February 2012 | 203 days | MDP | Nasheed | [5] | |
| 2 | Ahmed Shafeeu | 12 March 2012 | 17 November 2013 | 1 year, 250 days | ? | Waheed | [6] | |
| 3 | Mohamed Shainee | 19 November 2013 | 17 November 2018 | 4 years, 363 days | PPM | Yameen | [7] | |
| Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture | ||||||||
| 4 | Zaha Waheed | 17 November 2018 | 05 May 2021 | 2 years, 169 days | ? | Solih | [8][9] | |
| 5 | Hussain Rasheed Hassan | 05 May 2021 | 17 November 2023 | 2 years, 196 days | JP | Solih | [10] | |
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| 6 | Ahmed Shiyam | 17 November 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 128 days | PNC | Muizzu | [11] | |
References
- ^ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ a b "President Reappoints Cabinet Ministers". The President's Office. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ a b "President appoints Dr Aminath Jameel as Acting Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture". The President's Office. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "President Appoints Mohamed Aslam as Acting Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture". The President's Office. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "President Appoints Dr. Ibrahim Didi as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture". The President's Office. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "President Appoints Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture". The President's Office. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "President appoints six new Cabinet Ministers". The President's Office. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "President appoints members to the Cabinet". The President's Office. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture Zaha Waheed resigns". The President's Office. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "President appoints two new Cabinet Ministers and Policy Secretary". The President's Office. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "The President appoints members to the Cabinet". The President's Office. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2025.