Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon | |
Birth Date: | 1980 6, df=yes |
Office: | Minister of Defence |
Party: | Progressive Party of Maldives |
President: | Mohamed Muizzu |
Nationality: | Maldivian |
Term Start: | 17 November 2023 |
Predecessor: | Mariya Ahmed Didi |
Parents: | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Nasreena Ibrahim |
Alma Mater: | King's College London |
Relations: | Brother: FarisSisters: Dunya Yumna |
Office1: | Minister of State for Social Affairs |
Termstart1: | 10 January 2016 |
President1: | Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoon |
Termend1: | 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Position created |
Succeeded1: | Position abolished |
Office2: | State Minister at The President's Office |
Predecessor2: | Position created |
President2: | Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoon |
Succeeded2: | Position abolished |
Termstart2: | 2015 |
Termend2: | 10 January 2016 |
Office3: | Minister of State for Youth and Sports |
Predecessor3: | Position created |
President3: | Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoon |
Termstart3: | January 2014 |
Termend3: | 2015 |
Successor3: | Position abolished |
Office4: | Minister of State for Human Resources, Youth and Sports |
Predecessor4: | Position created |
President4: | Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik |
Termstart4: | 2012 |
Termend4: | January 2014 |
Native Name: | މުޚައްމަދު ޣައްސާން މައުމޫން |
Native Name Lang: | dv |
Office5: | Member of parliament |
Constituency5: | Guraidhoo |
Predecessor5: | Ibrahim Riza |
Successor5: | Hanan Mohamed Rasheed |
Birth Place: | Machchangolhi, Malé, Maldives |
Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon (; born 20 June 1980) is a Maldivian politician and incumbent Minister of Defence of the Maldives. He has held many ministerial positions in past administrations of the government. He is member of Parliament from Guraidhoo constituency.[1] He is serving as Vice President of the Progressive Party of Maldives.[2] [3]
Ghassan studied Molecular Biology & Biomedical Sciences Research at King's College London.
Ghassan has held many positions in the government. His first ministerial position was as State Minister for Human Resources, Youth and Sports during the presidency of Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik.[4] [5] Later during the presidency of his uncle, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, he was the State Minister for Youth and Sports.[6] He was then later the State Minister at The President's Office and then the Minister of State for Social Affairs.[7] [8] He was also the Member of parliament of the 19th Session of the People's Majlis for the Guraidhoo Constituency.[9]
Ghassan is the son and youngest child of the former president, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and former first lady, Nasreena Ibrahim.[10] His father was the longest serving president of the Maldives. Nasreena Ibrahim was the only first lady to give birth while in post. He was born in Machchangolhi, in Malé.[11]