President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has appointed Ismail Naveen as the new Commissioner of Police. The official ceremony to present the insignia of office took place this afternoon at the President’s Office.
Before assuming the role of Acting Commissioner of Police on 26 April, Naveen served as the Deputy Commissioner of Police. He stepped into the acting role following the resignation of former Commissioner Ali Shujau, who left office amid public criticism of the police’s handling of a case in which a 21-year-old woman fell from the ninth floor of a building onto a warehouse roof on 18 April.
In addition to Naveen, Deputy Commissioner of Police Farhad Fikry and South Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ahmed Shameem, also applied for the position.
Since joining the Maldives Police Service in 2006, Commissioner Naveen has held several senior leadership roles, including Head of the Corporate Services Directorate, Head of the People Directorate, Head of the Central Policing Command, and Head of the Forensic Services Directorate, before his most recent appointment as Deputy Commissioner.
Commissioner Naveen holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Northumbria, England.
