Table tennis player Ibrahim Shiury has been appointed as the Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC).
Shiury confirmed his appointment to Adhadhu on Thursday. He is also the vice president of the Table Tennis Association. He is also working with the association's President Ali Rasheed (Ayya) who decided to contest for a third term.
The post of MMPRC MD became vacant after the dismissal of Fathimath Thaufeeq (Kudee). Her dismissal came after the company's chairman, Aysha Nurain Janah had resigned. The company was temporarily run by Deputy Managing Director Mohamed Bassam.
Shiury is a prominent table tennis player and coach in Maldives. He has won the national championship five times and also represented Maldives in many international sports competitions.
Shiury was the coach of the Maldives women's team that won three gold medals at the Indian Ocean Island Games in Mauritius.
He was a senior member of the TT Association while Maldives table tennis teams made great strides in recent years.
