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Fatima Ibrahim Didi
1918 - 2008

Fatima Ibrahim Didi was a president of Senate of Maldives (1953 - 1954)

Member of the Senate of the First Republic 1953-54. She was offered the throne in 1953 but withdrew her candidature when opposed by the clerics headed by 'Abdu'llah Jalal ud-din. Born as Princess Fatima Tuttu Goma, she was daughter Princess Gulistan of the Maldives and her cousin Al-Amir Ibrahim Fa'amuladeri Kilegefa'anu, who later became Ekgamuge Ibrahim 'Ali Didi (d. 1975), Who was member of the Regency 1943-1953 and Prime Minister 1953-1957, and married to H.E. Ahmad Zaki (1931-96), who held many government and ambassadorial posts, including that of Prime Minister 1972-1975 and Permanent Representative at the UN 1979-1983 and 1993-1996. One of her two sons were Defence Minister.

She was Member of the Senate of the First Republic 1953-54 and sometime it's President and was later Minister and held other government positions.