Visam Ali

Visam Ali (Dhivehi: ވިސާމް އަލީ) is a former High Commissioner of the Maldives to Malaysia. She was a Maldivian Member of Parliament representing Raa Atoll, Maduvvaree legislative district for the 18th sitting of Majlis of the Maldives.[1][2]

Visam Ali
ވިސާމް އަލީ
Visam Ali in 2019
High Commissioner of the Maldives to Malaysia
In office
26 March 2019 – 5 April 2022
PresidentIbrahim Mohamed Solih
DeputyMisna Shareef
Preceded byMohamed Fahmy Hassan
Personal details
Born1974 (age 48–49)
CitizenshipMaldivian citizenship
Nationality Maldives
OccupationCivil servant
Politician
ProfessionAccountant

From 26 March 2019 to 1 February 2020, she was the last Ambassador of the Maldives to Malaysia, when the Maldives returned to its status as a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations, then she became the High Commissioner as a result.

Career

Prior to her political career she was a civil servant and headed the Department of Higher Education and Training, during President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's administration. With her spouse Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, then Vice Presidential Candidate of DRP, she signed to Maldivian Democratic Party after the defeat in the presidential elections in 2008.[3]

Visam Ali has advocated for children and women's rights,[4] Health care for thalassemia patients, and submitted the Thalassemia control bill to the Peoples Majlis.[5] She also advocated for the rights of fishermen in her constituency and criticized President Mohamed Nasheed's policy on using police against protestors in Maldives.[6] She is one of the MP's who declined to receive the controversial MVR 20,000 committee allowance for MP's by Peoples Majlis.[7]

She resigned from her position as High Commissioner on 5 April 2022.[8]

References
  1. High Commission of Maldives. "The High Commissioner Her Excellency Visam Ali Presented Credentials To His Majesty The King". Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Sun Online. "މެލޭޝިއާގެ ސަފީރު ކަމަށް ވިސާމް އަލީ އައްޔަންކުރައްވައިފި". Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. Minivan News. "Former DRP leadership MPs Thasmeen, Visam join MDP". Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. Web Archive Minivan News Online. "Parliament vows to tackle domestic violence". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. Web Archive Haveeru Online. "President Nasheed sends Thalassemia Bill back to parliament". Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. Web Archive Miadhu Online. "Result of using police to carry dictatorial acts will not be good- Visam". Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. Web Archive Haveeru Online. "MPs say declined committee allowance 'in national interest'". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. "High Commissioner to Malaysia Visam resigns". SunOnline International. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.


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