Maldives Monetary Authority

Monetary Authority of Maldives
Maldives Monetary Authority
	Administration building of the MMA in Male
Headquarters	Malé , Maldives
founding	1981
governor	Ahmed Naseer
country	Maldives
currency	Rufiyaa
ISO 4217	MVR
Website	mma.gov.ma
	List of central banks

The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) is the monetary authority of the Maldives , based in the state capital Malé . It also functions as the central bank of the island state.

tasks

The range of tasks of MMA includes

the issuance of banknotes and coins of the national currency Rufiyaa
licensing, oversight and regulation of the country's financial sector
the monitoring of price level stability
advising the government on monetary and financial issues

management

From its founding in 1981 to mid-2007, the state's finance minister was also ex officio head of the MMA. At that time, a change in the law came into force that separated the two offices in order to strengthen the agency's independence from the government. To this day, the post of deputy is held by the top official of the Ministry of Finance.

Governors

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (July 1981 to August 2004)
Mohamed Jaleel (September 2004 to July 2005)
Qasim Ibrahim (August 2005 to April 2007)
Abdullah Jihad (August 2007 to July 2008)
Fazeel Najeeb (October 2008 to December 2013)
Azeema Adam (April 2014 to August 2017)
Ahmed Naseer (since August 2017)

Lieutenant governors

Ismail Fathy (July 1981 to November 1993)
Arif Hilmy (November 1993 to May 2000)
Mohamed Jaleel (June 2000 to August 2004)
Abdulla Jihad (August 2005 to April 2007)
Aishath Zahira (since July 2014)

Web links

Official website (English)

Individual evidence

↑ President appoints Ahmed Naseer as MMA Governor. ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on the website of the President of the Maldives dated August 24, 2017, accessed February 11, 2018

↑ President appoints Aishath Zahira as Deputy Governor of MMA. ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on the website of the President of the Maldives of July 23, 2014, accessed February 11, 2018

[1] President appoints Ahmed Naseer as MMA Governor. ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on the website of the President of the Maldives dated August 24, 2017, accessed February 11, 2018

[2] President appoints Aishath Zahira as Deputy Governor of MMA. ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on the website of the President of the Maldives of July 23, 2014, accessed February 11, 2018