Nasreena Ibrahim Explained

Nasreena Ibrahim
Order:3nd First Lady of the Maldives
Term Label:In role
Term Start:11 November 1978
Term End:11 November 2008
Predecessor:Naseema Mohamed
Successor:Laila Ali Abdulla
President:Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Birth Date:21 December 1950
Birth Place:Malé, Maldive Islands
Party:Independent
Residence:Muliaage (1979–1994)
Theemuge (1992–2008)

Nasreena Ibrahim (born 21 December 1950) is a Maldivian activist who was the first lady of the Maldives from November 1978 to November 2008, as the wife of president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. She is the longest tenured first lady in history of the Maldives.[1]

Raised in Malé, Ibrahim studied from Cairo, Egypt, where she also met her future husband Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and married in Cairo. The following year, she gave birth to twins, Dunya and Yumna, followed by Faris, and Ghassan, who was born during her tenure as first lady.

During her time as First Lady, Ibrahim made public appearances but remained uninvolved in politics and never gave a speech or interview. Her only public statement was during an interview with Royston Ellis, where she discussed her husband Gayoom's life for his biography, A Man for All Islands.[2] Ibrahim was one of the founding members of the Society for Health Education.[3]

Early life

Nasreena Ibrahim was born in 1950 in Malé, Maldive Islands (present-day Maldives).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raman . B . 26 September 2003 . Maldives: Trouble in paradise . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001045433/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EI26Df02.html . 1 October 2012 . 11 March 2010 . Asia Times .
  2. News: Ali . Afraaz . ނަސްރީނާގެ އަސަރުގަދަ ތަގުރީރު: ދަރިންނާ ދެން ދިމާނުވާނެ ކަމަށް ހީކުރެވުނު ހާދިސާއެއް! . Nasreena's touching speech: An incident that I thought I would never meet my children again! . Mihaaru . 14 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Introduction . 15 March 2024 . Society for Health Education.
  4. Web site: The President — Personal Deatails . Riyaasath.com . The President’s Office of the Republic of Maldives . https://web.archive.org/web/20010405063216/http://www.riyaasath.com/B1.htm . 5 April 2001 . 2000 . dead.