Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is a Maldivian politician,statesman,diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 1977 to 1978,and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977. The longest-serving Maldivian president,Gayoom was the longest-serving leader in Asia.
A chargéd'affaires,plural chargés d'affaires,often shortened to chargé (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to charge-D,is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassador. The term is French for "person charged with business",meaning they are responsible for the duties of an ambassador. Chargé is masculine in gender;the feminine form is chargée d'affaires.
Fathulla Jameel,was a Maldivian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 1978 to 2005.
Majeediyya School is the first Maldivian government school,located in Malé,Maldives. It only accepted boys until the introduction of Primary Education in 2010,which allowed girls to attend the school as well. The English medium is followed throughout all subjects,with the exception of Dhivehi and Islam.
Mohamed Latheef is a former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Maldives,based in New York City.
Israel–Maldives relations refer to foreign relations between Israel and the Maldives. The countries had diplomatic relations from 1965 to 1974. From 2012 to 2017,they maintained cooperation agreements,but did not restore full diplomatic relations. In 2024,the Maldives banned Israeli passport holders from entering the nation due to the Israel–Hamas war. However,the ban process is currently suspended.
Asim Ahmed is a Maldivian politician,and the Permanent Resident Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva from the Maldives,and was approved for the tenure by the Maldives Parliament,People's Majlis on July 24,2020.
Hala Hameed is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary,Multilateral at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2020.
Durga Prasad Bhattarai is a Nepali career diplomat who is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York City. He serves concurrently as the Ambassador of Nepal to Bolivia,Ecuador,Peru and Venezuela.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Nigeria since July 2024. He served as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2024 and,in that capacity,served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 25,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. He previously served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires for Canada.
Ali Naseer Mohamed is a Maldivian diplomat who is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and was previously the Ambassador of the Maldives to the United States and Canada from July 2017 to May 2019.
Thilmeeza Hussain is a Maldivian civil servant and diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and the Maldivian High Commissioner of Maldives to Canada. She is The Daughter Of Sheikh Hussain Yoosuf And The Sister Of Hisaan Hussain
Sylvester Jude Kpakpo Parker-Allotey is Ghanaian diplomat and civil servant.
Aishath Azeema is a Maldivian diplomat who is currently serving as the high commissioner of the Maldives to India and previously served as the Maldives' ambassador to China from 2019 to 2023.
Ahmed Khaleel is a Maldivian diplomat and the former Ambassador to Japan. He also studied in Majeediyya School for 10 years. He served as the non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Korea. He served as the Under-Secretary for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during 2016–2018,before becoming the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in November 2018.
Mohamed Hussain Shareef,commonly known as Mundhu,is an Maldivian politician who from February 2012 to November 2013 served as the Minister of Human Resources,Youth and Sports,under president Mohamed Waheed Hassan,and as the Ambassador of the Maldives to Japan from 2016 to 2017. He further served as the Ambassador of the Maldives to Sri Lanka,and is currently serving as the Ambassador of the Maldives to the United Arab Emirates since 2023.
