President Abdulla Yameen has officially appointed the recently Majlis approved successor to Azeema Adam as Governor.
Earlier on Thursday Ahmed Naseer received the green nod through 33 votes in favor at the last sitting of Majlis before going into recess.
Following his approval, Naseer was summoned to President's office to deliver the letter of acceptance - which was officially handed to him by president Yameen himself. The two had then sat to discuss Naseer's appointment as the new head of central bank.
A Masters Degree holder in Policy Economics, Naseer holds Bachelors Economics and Marketing. With a list of responsible tenures under his resume, he is currently the Project Director at Public Finance Management - a project of World Bank - while he also fills the Chairman designation of Capital Market Development Authority (CMDA).
He has held the State Minister designation at Ministry of Finance and Treasury during Mohamed Nasheed's (Anni) regime. However he was not affiliated with any political movement or parties.
Ahmed Naseer is one of the main pioneers behind the tax act of Maldives.
While he is will join office as the new Governor, Naseer had previously filled two designations at Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA). He filled the Deputy Manager of MMA from 2008 til 2010, where upon he was promoted to Manager designation in 2010 which he filled til 2011.
