Thoriq Ibrahim

Thoriq Ibrahim
Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2023
President	Mohamed Muizzu
Preceding	Shauna Aminath
Minister of Environment and Energy
In office 21 November 2013 – 17 November 2018
President	Abdulla Yameen
Preceding	Mariyam Shakeela
Succeeded by	Hussain Rasheed Hassan
Personal details
Born	(1969-02-01) 1 February 1969 (age 55) Galolhu, Malé, Maldives[1]
Alma mater	Loughborough University National University of Singapore Preston University

Thoriq Ibrahim (born 1 February 1969) is a Maldivian politician and the current Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy.[2]

Education

Ibrahim acquired a Bachelor's degree in Building Services Engineering from Loughborough University of Technology. In 1995, a master's degree in Building Science from the National University of Singapore in 2002, and an MBA from Preston University in 2004.[2][3]

Career

He was appointed as Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy by President Mohamed Muizzu on 17 November 2023.[4] Earlier, he served as the Minister of Environment and Energy from 19 November 2013 to 17 November 2018 during the presidency of Abdulla Yameen.[5] After finishing schooling, he took on a variety of engineering and project management work, most notably being the Project Director for the rebuilding nine houses that were damaged in the 2004 tsunami.[6] He was also the chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States.[7] Ibrahim has been outwardly critical of US President Donald Trump's 2017 decision to withdraw America from the Paris agreement to combat climate change.[8]

References

1. "ރިޔާސީ އައު ދައުރު ފެށުމާ ގުޅިގެން، ސަރުކާރުގެ އެންމެ އިސް މަގާމުތައް ހަމަޖެއްސެވިގޮތް". The President's Office (in Divehi). 18 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
2. "H.E Thoriq Ibrahim". Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
3. "President Dr. Muizzu Has Appointed the New Cabinet". Frontpage. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
4. Zalif, Zunana (18 November 2023). "Pres. Muizzu appoints members to his Cabinet of Ministers". RaajjeMV. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
5. "Dr. Muizzu's promising cabinet". Sun. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
6. "Mr. Thoriq Ibrahim". United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. United Nations. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
7. McGrath, Matt (8 May 2017). "Trump shadow hangs over climate talks opening". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
8. "Paris Agreement is not 'renegotiable'". AOSIS. Retrieved 10 April 2024.