Organization
FAM is governed directly via the influence Ministry of Youth, Republic of Maldives. FAM is housed in FAM house (in the capital island of Malé), which was constructed with funding from FIFA. The organization consists of the chairman, the vice chairman, the general secretary, the treasurer and the secretary. AFC and FIFA require that their members are constituted of elected governance. FAM has an appointed governance, by the government of Maldives, which was reshuffled by the Ministry of Youth in the last quarter of 2006, in association with the political changes President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom brought about. FAM was audited by the Audit Office (during the same period, i.e. late 2006) of the Republic of Maldives and the association was accused with embezzlement of funds. However, the Chairman Mr.Abdul Shukoor was not sacked and is still in power. General Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Ismail Ali was transferred to a post in the Olympic Committee of the Maldives.
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