Mariyam Zulfa

Mariyam Zulfa

At the time of the promulgation of the current Maldives Constitution (2008), Mariyam Zulfa was a member of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), the first political party registered in the Maldives. She has served in the cabinet of President Mohamed Nasheed, as Minister of Tourism, Arts & Culture. Mariyam is an LLB graduate of the University of Western Australia and is admitted to practice law both in Australia and the Maldives. She also has an MBA from Waikato University, New Zealand and Ph.D. from Curtin University. She is currently a post-graduate student reading Public & International Law at the Melbourne University Law School. Mariyam participated in the Melbourne Forum in 2017 and 2018.