Deputy speaker
Eva Abdulla
އީވާ ޢަބްދުﷲ
Eva in 2019
Deputy Speaker of Parliament
In office
28 May 2019  3 December 2023
SpeakerMohamed Aslam
Preceded byMoosa Manik
Succeeded byAhmed Saleem
Member of Parliament for Galolhu Uthuru
Assumed office
9 May 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
Born (1978-02-08) 8 February 1978
Malé, Maldives
Political partyDemocrat (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
Maldivian Democratic Party (2008-2023)
RelationsMohamed Nasheed (cousin)
Alma materUniversity of Kent (BA)
University of Warwick (MA)

Eva Abdulla (Dhivehi: އީވާ ޢަބްދުﷲ; born 8 February 1978) is a Maldivian Politician who was the Deputy Speaker of the People's Majlis until resignation in 3rd of December 2023. She is a Member of Parliament.[1] She has served as a parliamentarian for three consecutive terms since 2009 for the Galolhu Uthuru constituency and was a longtime member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, up until she left the party in May 2023.

Eva was elected deputy speaker with a unanimous vote of 76 parliamentarians, making her the second woman to have ever been elected to the office. In 2019, she was the second woman to have presided over a parliament meeting as speaker, with the first being former deputy Speaker Aneesa Ahmed in 2008.[2]

References

  1. "Deputy Speaker of the Parliament resigns". vaguthu. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  2. "Deputy Speaker Eva chairs parliament, second woman to do so". The Edition. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
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