Ibrahim Rasheed

"Karankaa" Ibrahim Rasheed, (1928 – 31 January 2021) was a Maldivian politician who served as deputy prime minister of the Maldives under prime minister Ibrahim Nasir and as Home minister from 1960 to 1968 and again from 1977 to 1978.

Early life Ibrahim Rasheed was born in 1928 in Malé, Maldives. He studied in Ceylon.

Political career Ibrahim Rasheed began his service to the government of the Maldives on 24 November 1942, as secretary at the Rayyithunge Bodu Store (later State Trading Organization). Rasheed served several positions during the government of prime minister Mohamed Amin Didi, and served as Secretary to the President, under the Amin administration in the short-lived first republic of 1953.

Rasheed was later appointed Deputy Prime Minister under Ibrahim Nasir. He was appointed Minister of Home Affairs on 18 August 1960, to succeed Nasir. Following the establishment of the second republic of the Maldives, prime minister Nasir was elected president, and Rasheed was appointed in the new cabinet as Minister of Health.

Death Rasheed died on 31 January 2021, after long-term illness at the age of 92. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih declared 3 days of national mourning and ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast.

Awards Rasheed was awarded the Order of Izzuddin and the National Service Award, by president Mohamed Nasheed in July 2011 for his national service.