Azima Shukoor

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Ms Aishath Azima Shakoor is currently Attorney General of the Maldives.

She is a lawyer and she was formerly a deputy at the Ministry of Home Affairs. She is a member of parliament appointed by the President and President of Women's Wing of Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP). She has been widely criticized. However, the Chair of the parliament (who is appointed by the President) rejected a motion against her. She is commonly known for a person who gives wrong legal opinion.

Her predecessor as Attorney General was Dr. Hassan Saeed, who brought considerable reform within the existing legal framework.