Hussain Rasheed Ahmed

Ahmed served as one of the founding members of the Adhaalath Party as well as the president of the party until 2011.^[1] He later left the party in December.^[1]

In 2009, Ahmed was appointed by President Mohamed Nasheed as a member of the presidential commission to investigate the alleged embezzlement of state funds and resources of the Gayoom government.^[2] He was later appointed as the Minister of State for Home Affairs by President Nasheed in November 2009.^[3]

In 2010, Ahmed became the co-chair of the commission following a reconstitution following the resignation of some members.^[4][5] He was also appointed as the Minister of State for Islamic Affairs by President Nasheed.^[6]

In 2019. Ahmed was appointed by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih as the Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[7] He had also served as Minister Counselor at the Maldivian Embassy in Riyadh as well as Consul General in Saudi Arabia.^[8]

Ahmed is married and has a child.^[8]

In 2010, while Ahmed was driving in his motorcycle near Masjidhul Sulthaan Mohamed-bin-Abdulla, he was attacked causing him to fall from his cycle.^[9] Ahmed called his attack politically motivated.^[9]

In 2016, Ahmed was arrested inside the Islamic Centre when he was the imam, later being released the same day.^[10]