Azima Shukoor

Shukoor in 2016

Uza. Aishath Azima Shukoor is a Maldivian lawyer who served as the first female attorney general of the Maldives. She was attorney general from 2007 to 2008, 2012 to 2013 and again in 2013.[1]

Career

In 2013, Shukoor was appointed as the Minister of Gender, Family and Human Rights by Maldivian president Mohamed Waheed Hassan.[2]

In 2016, Shukoor was appointed as the Minister for Legal Affairs by president Abdulla Yameen.[3]

Shukoor was formerly a deputy at the Ministry of Home Affairs and a member of parliament appointed by president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[4]

Elections

Male City Mayoral By-Election 2024[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDP	Ali Azim	7,621	44.81
	PNC	Azima Shukoor	5031	29.58
	Democrats	Mohamed Saif Fathih	2343	13.7
	Independent	Hussain Waheed	1888	11.10
	Independent	Shuaib Ali	125	0.73
Rejected ballots			402	2.31
Majority			2590	15.23
Turnout			17410	31.84
Registered electors			54,680
	MDP gain from PNC		Swing

References

1. "Attorney General's Office". 12 September 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-09-12.
2. "President appoints Gender Minister, Transport Minister, and Attorney General". The President's Office. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
3. "President appoints Uza. Aishath Azima Shakoor as Minister for Legal Affairs". The President's Office for the Republic of Maldives. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
4. Államok. Egyesült, Congress. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. p. 2258.
5. Elections Commission of the Maldives (15 January 2024). "2024 ޖަނަވަރީ 13 ވީ ހޮނިހިރު ދުވަހު ބޭއްވި ލޯކަލް ކައުންސިލްތަކުގެ ބައި- އިލެކްޝަނުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ". X (Formerly Twitter).