Former SAARC secy-gen appointed Maldives minister

Saeed, had quit as the first woman secretary-general of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in January amid controversy over her statements on the domestic politics of the Maldives.

She had resigned after the Maldives government expressed outrage over her remarks against the arrest of the country's Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed.

Under the new arrangement, Ministry of health and family has been dissolved and two new ministries have been formed in its place - ministry of health and ministry of gender, family and human rights.

Ex-minister of health and family Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed has been made the the minister of health.