MDP Appoints Hisaan Hussain as Vice President

The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s National Council has approved the appointment of the party’s Legal Director, Hisaan Hussain, as the party’s Vice President.

MDP announced the decision via a post on its official X handle. According to the post, Hisaan was approved for the role by the unanimous votes of the National Council.

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Hisaan was nominated by the party’s leader, Abdulla Shahid, who highlighted her extensive and dedicated service to the party over the years. Shahid also described her as the most suitable person for the role, noting the current lack of women in leadership positions within the MDP.

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In 2019, Hisaan was elected to Parliament as the representative of the Thulhaadhoo constituency during an election in which the MDP secured a landslide victory. During her tenure in Parliament, she was appointed to the Judicial Service Commission and later elected as the commission’s president. 

The role of MDP’s deputy leader has been vacant since Mohamed Shifaz, along with a dozen other prominent politicians, left MDP to form the Democrats in May last year. This move followed months of infighting between members aligned with former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed and then-president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, both founding members of the MDP.