Ilyas Ibrahim

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Ilyas Ibrahim (Dhivehi: އިލްޔާސް އިބްރާހިމް ) (born December 18, 1945) is the current Minister for Health of the Maldives, MP for Laamu Atoll and brother-in-law of President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom. He also served as the MP for Malé from 1980 to 1995.

[edit] Background

He is from Endherimaage family. His sister Nasreena Ibrahim has been the First Lady of the Maldives since 1977. His brother Abbas Ibrahim is the current speaker of the Maldivian Parliament was also a former minister. The Endherimaage brothers were given such posts not because they were qualified for it but because of Nasreena Ibrahim's power as a First Lady.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993 when Ilyas Ibrahim became Gayoom's only principal rival for the presidency election, he was subsequently tried in absentia for violation of the constitution, found guilty of treason and sentenced to more than 15 years banishment.^[1]