Thalhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu
{{Short description|Minister of Defence and National Security of the Maldives from 2011 to 2012}}
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| office = Minister of Defence and National Security
| president = Mohamed Nasheed
| term_start = 30 June 2011
| term_end = 7 February 2012{{cite news | title=Army colonel is new Maldives defence minister | work=The New Indian Express | date=9 February 2012 | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2012/feb/09/army-colonel-is-new-maldives-defence-minister-338557.html | access-date=25 April 2024}}
| predecessor = Uz. Mohamed Muizzu Adnan
| successor = Colonel (Rtd.) Mohamed Nazim
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Thalhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu is a Maldivian military officer and former Minister of Defence and National Security (2011-2012).
Biography
Kaleyfaanu joined the National Security Service in 1989. At the time of joining, he was enlisted in national security with a rank of private, and then lance corporal, corporal, and sergeant until he was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant and warrant officer in grade 1. Prior to his retirement in 2006 from the service as a lieutenant, he was the first lieutenant at the National Security Service as well as the Maldives National Defence Force.{{cite web |date=21 June 2011 |title=President Appoints Thalhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu as the Minister of Defence and National Security |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/5498 |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=The President's Office}}
Arrest
Kaleyfaanu was charged in 2015–2016 by the Criminal Court of Maldives for his alleged role in terrorism and arbitrary arrest of Criminal Court Chief Justice Abdulla Mohamed in 2012. The Supreme Court of the Maldives issued a 10-year jail sentence for Kaleyfaanu, however Kaleyfaanu filed a review request for his conviction, which later in 2018 was provisionally accepted by the Supreme Court.{{Cite news |date=8 November 2018 |title=Supreme Court orders the release of former Defence Minister Tholhath |url=https://psmnews.mv/en/40790 |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=PSM News}}{{Cite news |last=Aiham |first=Ahmed |date=8 November 2018 |title=Supreme Court orders stay on former Defence Minister Tholhath's conviction |url=https://edition.mv/tholhath_ibrahim_kaleyfaanu/7789 |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=The Edition}}
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Category:Maldivian military personnel
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)