{{Short description|Maldivian government official (born 1980)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ismail Shafeeu | honorific_suffix = | image = Ismail Shafeeu portrait 2026.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Official portrait, 2026 | office = Minister of Education, Higher Education and Skills Development | president = Mohamed Muizzu | predecessor = Himself | term_start = 14 April 2026 | office2 = Deputy Minister of Education | president2 = Mohamed Waheed Hassan | office1 = Minister of Education | predecessor1 = Aishath Ali | president1 = Mohamed Muizzu | succeeded1 = Himself | term_start1 = 17 November 2023 | term_end1 = 14 April 2026 | term_start2 = 12 March 2012 | term_end2 = 17 November 2013 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}} | birth_place = Gadhdhoo, Maldives | alma_mater = University of Durham (PhD)<br/> University of Malaya (M.A.)<br/>Maldives National University (B.T) | children = 1 | parents = Muhammed Hussain | succeeded2 = | native_name = އިސްމާޢިލް ޝަފީއު | native_name_lang = dv }}

'''Ismail Shafeeu''', ({{Langx|dv|އިސްމާޢިލް ޝަފީއު}}; born 1980) is a Maldivian former teacher, who is the Minister of Education since 17 November 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2023 |title=Dr. Muizzu's promising cabinet |work=Sun |url=https://en.sun.mv/85974 |access-date=2023-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2023 |title=The President appoints members to the Cabinet |work=Avas |url=https://avas.mv/en/137506 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117170639/https://avas.mv/en/137506 |archive-date=17 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zalif |first=Zunana |date=18 November 2023 |title=Pres. Muizzu appoints members to his Cabinet of Ministers |work=Raajje TV |url=https://raajje.mv/145210 |access-date=2023-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shihab |first=Ibrahim |date=17 November 2023 |title=Muizzu Appoints His Cabinet: Moosa Zameer Is Foreign Minister |work=MENAFN |url=https://menafn.com/1107448110/Muizzu-Appoints-His-Cabinet-Moosa-Zameer-Is-Foreign-Minister |access-date=2023-11-18}}</ref> He previously served as a Deputy Minister of Education from 2012 to 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=President appoints Deputy Ministers |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/7009 |access-date=13 March 2012 |agency=The President's Office}}</ref>

== Career == Shafeeu served as the Dean of the Center for Research and Publication at the Islamic University of the Maldives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Centre for Research & Publication |url=https://www.ium.edu.mv/staff-directory |website=Islamic University of Maldives |access-date=30 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206193218/https://www.ium.edu.mv/staff-directory |archive-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> In this role, he was responsible for overseeing educational research efforts and promoting awareness of various research initiatives. He also played a key role in facilitating the development of research professionals at the institution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newly Appointed Deans |url=https://www.ium.edu.mv/news/12 |year=2021 |access-date=30 September 2024 |website=Islamic University of Maldives}}</ref>

Prior, Shafeeu held the position of Deputy Minister of Education, where he contributed significantly to education policy formulation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Ismail Shafeeu - Minister of Education |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pCMbOlAp7o |website=YouTube |publisher=The President's Office |access-date=17 November 2023 |language=dv}}</ref>

Shafeeu has been the recipient of several prestigious awards. In 2015, he received the Commonwealth Scholarship Award from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in England. Earlier, in 2011, he was awarded the Award of Scholastic Achievement from the University of Malaya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Ismail Shafeeu |url=https://presidencymaldives.gov.mv/Government/Official/369?lid=16 |website=The President Office}}</ref>

From October 2011 to March 2012, Shafeeu served as the principal at Meyna School in Holhudhoo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shafeeu |first1=Ismail |title=Relationship Between Principals' Instructional Leadership and School Effectiveness. Does It Make a Difference? Evidence from the Maldives |url=https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/13134/1/Thesis_Ismail_Shafeeu_Principals_Instructional_Leadership_and_School_Effectiveness.pdf?DDD29+ |website=Durham University |page=125 |quote=It was a coincidence that the first whole-school supervision carried out by ESQID using the CFBS was conducted in 2012 at Noonu Atoll Meyna School, where I was the principal at the time}}</ref>

In 2023, Shafeeu was appointed by President Mohamed Muizzu as the Minister of Education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=The President appoints members to the Cabinet |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/29041 |access-date=17 April 2026 |website=The President's Office}}</ref>

In 2026, Shafeeu was reappointed as the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Skills Development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2026 |title=President restructures Cabinet to 15 members, with 12 newly appointed Ministers sworn in |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/36471 |access-date=17 April 2026 |website=The President's Office}}</ref>

== Education == Shafeeu completed his PhD from the University of Durham in 2019.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Shafeeu |first1=Ismail |title=Relationship Between Principals' Instructional Leadership and School Effectiveness. Does It Make a Difference? Evidence from the Maldives |url=https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/13134/ |website=Durham University|date=2019 }}</ref> Prior to this, he earned his Master's degree from the University of Malaya in 2011. He also holds a Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) degree, which he obtained from the Maldives College of Higher Education in 2007.

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