Nasreena Ibrahim

Nasreena Ibrahim (born 20 December 1950) is a Maldivian activist who was the first lady of the Maldives from November 1978 to November 2008, as the wife of president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. She is the longest tenured first lady in history of the Maldives.^[1]

Nasreena Ibrahim
Ibrahim in 2015
4th First Lady of the Maldives
In role 11 November 1978 – 11 November 2008
President	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Preceded by	Naseema Mohamed
Succeeded by	Laila Ali Abdulla
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-20) 20 December 1950 (age 74) Malé, Maldive Islands
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ​ ​ (m. 1969)​
Children	Dunya Yumna Faris Ghassan
Residence(s)	Muliaage (1979–1994) Theemuge (1992–2008)

Raised in Malé, Ibrahim studied from Cairo, Egypt, where she also met her future husband Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and married in Cairo. The following year, she gave birth to twins, Dunya and Yumna, followed by Faris, and Ghassan, who was born during her tenure as first lady.

During her time as First Lady, Ibrahim made public appearances but remained uninvolved in politics and never gave a speech or interview. Her only public statement was during an interview with Royston Ellis, where she discussed her husband Abdul Gayoom's life for his biography, A Man for All Islands.^[2] Ibrahim was one of the founding members of the Society for Health Education.^[3]

Early life

Nasreena Ibrahim was born in 1950 in Malé, Maldive Islands (present-day Maldives).^[4]