Due to the restructuring of this administration's ministries, Permanent Secretaries (PS) of six ministries stand to lose their posts, the Civil Service Commission has said.
10 out of 20 cabinet ministers abruptly resigned yesterday.
Following this, the government merged some ministries and dissolved others, bringing down the total from 20 to 15 ministries, with ministers having been sworn in over last evening and today.
A Defence Minister has not been appointed as of yet.
Permanent Secretaries who will lose their posts:
- Agriculture Ministry PS Mohamed Anees
- Higher Education Ministry PS Aishath Hikma
- Youth Ministry PS Fathimath Ahmed
- Social and Family Development Ministry PS Waleedha Mohamed
- Transport Ministry PS Mariyam Shahana
- Cities Ministry PS Moomina Waheed
Permanent Secretaries receive a monthly salary of MVR 20,500, along with a living allowance of MVR 15,000.
The government has dissolved the Ministry of Cities, Local Government and Public Works. Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure has now been changed to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Urban and Housing Development. With this, the Cities Ministry's public works related responsibilities will now fall on the Infrastructure Ministry.
Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources has been merged with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare, forming instead the Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources. Animal Welfare has been entirely omitted.
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation's mandate has been split.
Transport now falls under the Ministry of Economic Development, Transport and Trade, while Civil Aviation has been merged with Tourism, forming the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation.
The Education and Higher Educations Ministries were also merged, to form the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Skills Development.
Youth and Sports also saw a similar merger, with both now under the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fitness.
The Dhivehi Language mandate, meanwhile, has been removed, with the current ministry titled Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage.
The Civil Service Commission said today that they are working on arranging transfers for staff of the merged ministries.
The President's Office stated yesterday that the ten ministers had stepped down to facilitate positive reforms envisioned by the President in line with public sentiments.
The new cabinet
- Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises Moosa Zameer
- Minister of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology Ali Ihusan
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Iruthisham Adam
- Minister of Education, Higher Education and Skills Development Dr Ismail Shafeeu
- Minister of Health, Family and Welfare Geela Ali
- Minister of Economic Development, Transport and Trade Mohamed Saeed
- Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources Ahmed Shiyam
- Minister of Islamic Affairs and Endowments Dr Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed
- Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fitness Abdulla Rafiu
- Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Heena Waleed
- Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Dr Abdulla Muththalib
- Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy Ali Shareef
- Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Mohamed Ameen
Minister of Defence remains yet to be appointed. The government has not announced when a new minister for this post will be sworn in.
Yesterday's mass cabinet resignations came in the wake of several heads of State-owned enterprises being either dismissed or resigning. The government received a significantly low level of success in the recent April 4 elections and referendum, which has given rise to these changes in the administration.
