Gayoom family
| Gayoom family | |
|---|---|
From left to right: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Abdulla Yameen, Abdul Gayoom Ibrahim, Dunya Maumoon, and Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon (bottom right). | |
| Country | Maldives |
| Current region | Malé, Maldives |
| Place of origin | Malé |
| Founder | Abdul Gayoom Ibrahim |
| Members | |
| Connected members | |
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The Gayoom Family is a Maldivian political family and is one of the most influential families in the history of the Maldives. Members of the family have held key positions in the nation's leadership, including presidents, ministers, ambassadors, parliamentarians, and diplomats, shaping the political and social landscape of the country. The Gayoom family served as the first family of the Maldives for 30 years, during Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's presidency from 1978 to 2008. The family of Gayoom's half-brother Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, was the first family for 5 years from 2013 to 2018.
The father of presidents, Gayoom and Yameen, Abdul Gayoom Ibrahim served as 7th Attorney General of the Maldives from 1951 to 1952, and a judge. Abdul Gayoom's children include Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Abdulla Yameen, Abdulla Hameed and others. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's 4 children, Dunya, Yumna, Faris and Ghassan had a ministerial role in each government since 2008.
Immediate family
[edit]Nasreena Ibrahim
[edit]Nasreena Ibrahim (Dhivehi: ނަސްރީނާ އިބްރާހީމް) is a Maldivian women's rights activist who served as the First Lady of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008 during her husband's presidency. She married Maumoon in 1969 in Egypt.[1]
Ahmed Faris Maumoon
[edit]Ahmed Faris Maumoon (Dhivehi: އަޙްމަދު ފާރިސް މައުމޫން) is a Maldivian politician who served as the Minister of State for Economic Development during his uncle Abdulla Yameen's presidency from November 2013 to June 2015 and a member of the People's Majlis from 2015 to 2019.[2][3] He is the eldest son of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[4]
Dunya Maumoon
[edit]Dunya Maumoon (Dhivehi: ދުންޔާ މައުމޫން) is a Maldivian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs during her uncle Abdulla Yameen's presidency from 2013 to 2016.[5] She's the twin of Yumna Maumoon and the daughter of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[4]
Yumna Maumoon
[edit]Yumna Maumoon (Dhivehi: ޔުމްނާ މައުމޫން) is a Maldivian politician who served as the Minister of Arts, Culture, and Heritage from 2018 to 2023.[6] She's the twin of Dunya Maumoon and the daughter of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[4]
Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon
[edit]Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon (Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދު ޣައްސަން މައުމޫން) is a Maldivian politician who served as the Minister of Defence since 2023.[7] He's the youngest son of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[4]
Parents
[edit]Abdul Gayoom Ibrahim
[edit]Abdul Gayoom Ibrahim (Dhivehi: އަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް އިބްރާހިމް) was a Maldivian politician and judge who served as the 7th Attorney General of the Maldives from 1950 to 1951.[8] He's the father of Maumoon, Yameen, and Hameed.
Khadheeja Moosa
[edit]Maumoon's mother is Khadheeja Moosa.[1]
Other relations
[edit]Abdulla Yameen
[edit]Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (Dhivehi: ޢަބްދުﷲ ޔާމީން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް) is a Maldivian politician who served as the 6th President of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018.[9] He's the brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[9]
Abdulla Hameed
[edit]Abdulla Hameed (Dhivehi: ޢަބްދުﷲ ޙަމީދު) is a Maldivian politician who served as the Minister of Atolls and the Speaker of the People's Majlis during his brother Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's presidency. He's the brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The President – Family". The President's Office. 10 October 2004. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "President appoints State Minister at Ministry of Economic Development". The President's Office. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Faris sworn in as Dhiggaru MP". Minivan News. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2024 – via Minivan News – Archive.
- ^ a b c d Aiham, Mohamed (7 October 2018). "My beloved wife, my dearest friend: President Gayoom". The Edition. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Former Ministers". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Maldives). Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "President appoints members to the Cabinet". The President's Office. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "The President appoints members to the Cabinet". The President's Office. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "ބަންޑާރަނައިބުކަން ކުރައްވާފައިވާ ބޭފުޅުން" [Former Attorneys General]. Attorney General's Office (Maldives) (in Divehi). Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom". The President's Office. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "ޙަމީދުގެ ޒިކުރާ" [Remembrance of Hameed] (PDF). Dhivehi Language Academy (in Divehi). Retrieved 25 September 2025.