Mohamed Ashmalee (Dhivehi: މުހައްމަދު އަޝްމަލީ) is a Maldivian politician who is a former Minister for State for Finance and Treasury and former chairman of Dhiraagu.

Early career and family life

Born to Maldivian parents, Mohamed Ashmalee was raised in Malé. He has one elder brother.^{[citation needed]}

Before pursuing a career in politics, Mohamed Ashmalee held posts from operations manager to managing director in various public and private sector companies in various fields such as construction, tourism, management, finance, information technology and medical management.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Finance and Treasury.^[1]

Political career

Mohamed Ashmalee is the former Minister of State for Finance and Treasury^{[citation needed]} as well as the Executive Head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) under the same ministry.^{[citation needed]}

He supervised the policy and daily operations of Department of National Registration (DNR), National Archives of the Maldives (NAM), National Centre for Information Technology (NCIT) and National Statistics Division (NDS) all of which are under the management of National Bureau of Statistics.^{[citation needed]}

Mohamed Ashmalee is also the former chairperson and government director of Dhiraagu, the largest telecommunications operator in the Maldives.^[2]