Thoriq Ibrahim | |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1969 |
Office: | Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy |
Term Start: | 17 November 2023 |
President: | Mohamed Muizzu |
Preceding: | Shauna Aminath |
Alma Mater: | Loughborough University National University of Singapore Preston University |
Nationality: | Maldivian |
Office1: | Minister of Environment and Energy |
Termend1: | 17 November 2018 |
Termstart1: | 21 November 2013 |
President1: | Abdulla Yameen |
Preceding1: | Mariyam Shakeela |
Successor1: | Hussain Rasheed Hassan |
Birth Place: | Galolhu, Malé, Maldives[1] |
Thoriq Ibrahim (born 1 February 1969) is a Maldivian politician and the current Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy.[2]
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.[3]
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]