Thoriq Ibrahim

Thoriq Ibrahim is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Maldives to the United Arab Emirates. He presented copies of his credentials to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates on 29 June 2026. He previously served as the Minister of Tourism and Environment from February 2025 to April 2026. Prior to this, he served as the Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy from 2023 to 2025, and as the Minister of Environment and Energy from 2013 to 2018. During his tenure in Cabinet, he oversaw tourism policy planning and implementation, environmental conservation, climate change management, and the provision of energy, water and sanitation, and waste management services. He also supervised key regulatory and operational agencies under the ministry, including the Environmental Regulatory Authority, the Utility Regulatory Authority, the Maldives Meteorological Service, and the Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve Office.

While serving as Minister of Environment and Energy, Thoriq Ibrahim served as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018, leading the coalition during critical global climate negotiations and advancing the interests of small island developing states. Thoriq holds a BEng (Hons) in Building Services Engineering from the Loughborough University of Technology (UK), and an MSc in Building Science from the National University of Singapore. A strong advocate for environmental sustainability, he is the Founder of the Maldives Ocean Plastics Alliance, a local non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing marine plastic pollution and promoting environmental conservation.