Mr. Ahmed Naseem has been serving the Government of Maldives since 1967, in different portfolios. Prior to his appointment as the Minister of Health on 25th October 2020, he served as a Minister at the President’s Office from 18th November 2018, with the mandate to oversee issues pertaining to the Greater Malé Area and Malé City Council.

Minister Ahmed Naseem has more than five decades of professional experience in areas including Foreign Service, Fisheries, Tourism, Trade and Human Rights Advocacy. During his time in the Maldivian Foreign Services, he represented Maldives in high-level discussions towards establishing peace in the Middle east. Additionally, he signed an MOU on behalf of the Maldives to support Palestine in establishing the Palestinian State. He is also the first and only Maldivian senior official to meet with the President of Palestine, Mehmood Abbas, during the year 2011.

Minister Naseem has completed postgraduate studies in Foreign Services, Conflict Resolution and Arbitration, and on Industrialization. In addition to Dhivehi, he can speak and understand several languages such as Urdu, Sinhalese, German and Italian.