Ali Shareef (minister)

Shareef previously served as the Muizzu administration's Special Envoy for Climate Change and years as a Director at the Environment Ministry.^[1] He represented the Maldives at the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference.^[1]

Shareef was appointed by President Mohamed Muizzu as the Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy.^[2]

After his appointment, Shareef faced backlash over resurfaced tweets where he mocked former MP Ibrahim Ismail's disability and called former President Mohamed Nasheed an apostate.^[3] His posts also labelled Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a terrorist.^[3]