Ahmed Musthafa Mohamed

Ahmed Musthafa Mohamed is a Maldivian politician who served as the Chief of Staff at the President's Office from 2014 to 2018. He also served as a council member of the Progressive Party of Maldives and Peoples National Congress. He's one of the founding members of the People's National Front.

Career

He was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy during the presidency of Mohamed Waheed Hassan in 2013. He later assumed the role of State Minister of Tourism on 5 December 2013 during the presidency of Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. He was then appointed as the Chief of Staff at the President's Office on 24 April 2014 presumably until the end of President Yameen's term. He was later arrested on 9 February 2019 for accepting bribes while leasing an island up for tourism and was remanded for 10 days. He is also a founder member of Yameen's political party, People's National Front.