State Minister of Home Affairs, Shifaq Mufeed has been appointed as Minister Councilor at the Maldivian Embassy in Colombo.

Shifaq was a former MP and was also a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives. He was later appointed as a state minister at Home Affairs.

In addition, former MD of Fenaka, Mohammed Nimal was also appointed to the same position at the Maldivian Embassy in Colombo.