Asim Ahmed | |
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އާސިމް އަޙުމަދު | |
Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the UNGA | |
Assumed office 10 August 2020 | |
President | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Mohamed Muizzu |
Preceded by | Dr. Hala Hameedh |
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 25 August 2013 –12 September 2013 | |
President | Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik |
Preceding | Dr. Abdul Samad Abdulla |
Succeeded by | Dr. Mariyam Shakeela |
Minister of Education | |
In office 16 February 2012 –17 November 2013 | |
President | Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik |
Preceded by | Shifa Mohamed |
Succeeded by | Dr. Aishath Shiham |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of the South Pacific University of Sussex Victoria University of Wellington |
Awards | National Award for Special Achievement |
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. [1] [2]
Asim was born in January 1963. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Politics from University of the South Pacific,Fiji in 1989. [1] [2] He has a Master of Philosophy in development studies from Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in 1992. [1] [2] He has also received a Doctor of Philosophy from the Victoria University of Wellington in 2011. [1] [2] He was also conferred the National Award for Special Achievement by President Waheed. [3]
Asim started his government service by becoming the Director for Strategic Planning at the now defunct Ministry of Planning and National Development in 1985. [1] From 2011 to 2013,he played crucial roles such as acting Foreign Minister and Education Minister of Maldives. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] During this time he has been part of many Special Committees and Councils. [10] [11] [12] From 24 March 2019 to 9 August 2020,he was the Ambassador-at-large and has represented Maldives at the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Council. [1]
He is the Non-Resident Ambassador of the Maldives to Italy as well as the Non-Resident ambassador to Switzerland,and Austria. [13] [14]
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