Nasreena Ibrahim

{{Short description|First Lady of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nasreena Ibrahim

| image = Nasreena Ibrahim in 2015.jpg

| caption = Ibrahim in 2015

| imagesize = 200px

| order = 4th First Lady of the Maldives

| term_label = In role

| term_start = 11 November 1978

| term_end = 11 November 2008

| predecessor = Naseema Mohamed

| successor = Laila Ali Abdulla

| president = Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

| occupation =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malé, Maldive Islands

| party = Independent

| spouse = {{marriage|Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |1969}}

| children = {{flatlist|

• Dunya
• Yumna
• Faris
• Ghassan

}}

| residence = Muliaage (1979–1994)
Theemuge (1992–2008)

}}

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.{{cite web |last=Raman |first=B |date=26 September 2003 |title=Maldives: Trouble in paradise |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EI26Df02.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001045433/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EI26Df02.html |archive-date=1 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |work=Asia Times |location=}}

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.{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Afraaz |title=ނަސްރީނާގެ އަސަރުގަދަ ތަގުރީރު: ދަރިންނާ ދެން ދިމާނުވާނެ ކަމަށް ހީކުރެވުނު ހާދިސާއެއް! |trans-title=Nasreena's touching speech: An incident that I thought I would never meet my children again! |url=https://mihaaru.com/news/114802 |publisher=Mihaaru |date=14 November 2022}} Ibrahim was one of the founding members of the Society for Health Education.{{Cite web |title=Introduction |url=https://www.she.org.mv/introduction |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Society for Health Education}}