Mr. Abdul Matheen Mohamed was appointed State Minister at the Ministry of Energy and Environment in November 2013 with a portfolio focusing on energy and water and sanitation.

An electrical engineer by education and professional background, Mr. Matheen has served as a director in various utilities’ companies and is specialized in energy-saving strategies and has been involved in planning, designing, and implementing electrification and power plants’ upgrading projects in various Maldivian islands.

He holds a Master of Science in Building Services Engineering from the International Islamic University of Malaysia, Bachelor of Science from the University of Bahrain. A fluent Arabic speaker, alongside Dhivehi and English, he is married with two children.