| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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| Member of | Cabinet of the Maldives |
| Reports to | President of the Maldives |
| Appointer | President of the Maldives |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Hassan Farid Didi |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives is a cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Maldives since 1932: [1]
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure |
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| Sultanate of the Maldives | |||
| 1 | Hassan Farid Didi (1901–1944) |  | 1932–1944 |
| 2 | Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954) |  | 1944–1953 |
| 3 | Ibrahim Ali Didi (1889–1975) |  | 1954–1957 |
| 4 | Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008) |  | 1957–1968 |
| Republic of Maldives | |||
| 5 | Ahmed Zaki (1931–1996) |  | 1968–1975 |
| 6 | Fathulla Jameel (1942–2012) |  | 1978–2005 |
| 7 | Ahmed Shaheed (b. 1964) |  | 2005–2007 |
| 8 | Abdulla Shahid (b. 1962) |  | 2007–2008 |
| (6) | Ahmed Shaheed (b. 1964) | | 2008–2010 |
| — | Mohamed Aslam Acting Minister |  | 2010–2011 |
| 9 | Ahmed Naseem (b. 1948) |  | 2011–2012 |
| 10 | Abdul Samad Abdulla (1946–2013) |  | 2012–2013 |
| — | Asim Ahmed Acting Minister |  | 2013 |
| — | Mariyam Shakeela (b. 1961) Acting Minister |  | 2013 |
| 11 | Dunya Maumoon (b. 1970) |  | 2013–2016 |
| 12 | Mohamed Asim (b. 1960) |  | 2016–2018 |
| 13 | Abdulla Shahid (b. 1962) | | 2018–2023 |
| 14 | Moosa Zameer |  | 2023–2024 |
| 15 | Abdulla Khaleel (b. 1975) |  | 2024–president |
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