Background
He is from Endherimaage. His sister Nasreena Ibrahim has been the First Lady of the Maldives since 1977. His brother Ilyas Ibrahim is the former Minister for Health and MP for Laamu Atoll.
Abbas Ibrahim was selected by the president as the speaker of the Special constitutional Majlis after a 'show of hands' election in defiance of the constitutional requirement for a secret vote. To enforce his election Gayooom needed a 'show of hands' among Majlis members.
In 1989, Abbas was accused of child sexual abuse by a 8-year-old boy and his father. A year after Abbas was selected by the president as the speaker of the Special constitutional Majlis the boy told his father that Abbas had touched his penis. Also the boy had told a psychiatrist and later police that he and Abbas had engaged in acts of kissing, masturbation and oral sex, as well as giving a detailed description of what he alleged were Abbas's genitals.
Abbas Ibrahim was the son of Abdul Gadir who changed his name to Dhon Maniku and again to Ibrahim Abbas. He was a wealthy trader and advisor to Mohamed Amin Didi who ruled from 1944 until 1953 first as Home Minister and then President for less than a year. Abbas Ibrahim's father was a self-made man who received high 'beykalun' status late in life. As Ibrahim Nasir rose to power, he was working as a trusted servant of Muhammad Fareed Didi. He served his leaders faithfully and became boss of Maafannu, one of Male's four wards. Together with his brother Ilyas Ibrahim, Abbas Ibrahim inherited control of Maafannu from his father. Abbas was a highly political ward leader like his father.
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