Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations
Emblem of the Maldives
Incumbent Ali Naseer Mohamed since 7 May 2024
Style	His Excellency (formal)
Appointer	President of the Maldives
Term length	at the pleasure of the President
Formation	12 October 1965;59 years ago (1965-10-12)
First holder	Ahmed Hilmy Didi
Website	maldivesmission.com

The permanent representative of Maldives to the United Nations is the leader of the Maldives' diplomatic mission to the United Nations. ^[a] It is customary that the permanent representative also be dually accredited as an ambassador to the United States of America. Since May 2024, the incumbent is Ali Naseer Mohamed.

List of permanent representatives

These are the list of permanent representatives: ^[2]

#	Name	Image	Years Served	U.N. Secretary(ies)-General	President of the Maldives
1	Ahmed Hilmy Didi [b]		1965–1966	U Thant	Ibrahim Nasir
2	Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi		1967–1970	U Thant
3	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom		1976–1977	Kurt Waldheim
4	Fathulla Jameel		1977–1978	Kurt Waldheim
5	Ahmed Zaki		1979–1983	Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
6	Mohamed Musthafa Hussain		1984–1987	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
7	Hussain Manikfan		1988–1991	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
8	Ahmed Zaki		1993–1996	Boutros Boutros-Ghali
9	Hussain Shihab		1998–2002	Kofi Annan
10	Mohamed Latheef [c]		2002–2007	Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon
11	Ahmed Khaleel [3]		2007–2008	Ban Ki-moon
12	Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed		2009–2012	Ban Ki-moon	Mohamed Nasheed
13	Ahmed Sareer		2012–2017	Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres	Mohamed Waheed Hassan, Abdulla Yameen
14	Ali Naseer Mohamed		2017–2019	António Guterres	Abdulla Yameen
15	Thilmeeza Hussain [4] [5]		2019–2023	António Guterres	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
16	Ali Naseer Mohamed [6]		2024-	António Guterres	Mohamed Muizzu

See also

• Chief of protocol

Notes

1. For a limited time, the Maldives had an embassy in Washington, D.C.^{[ citation needed ]} It has an American Center in Malé. ^[1]
2. On November 9, 1965, a diplomatic agreement was granted, but never arrived in Washington.
3. Beginning February 14, 2003, the embassy operated from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City.

References

1. "U.S. Relations With Maldives". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
2. "Former Permanent Representatives". Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
3. "New Permanent Representative of Maldives Presents Credentials". United Nations. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
4. "Thilmeeza Hussain | General Assembly of the United Nations". United Nations. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
5. "H.E. Ms. Thilmeeza Hussain - Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations". Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
6. "Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations Dr Ali Naseer Mohamed Presents Credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Maldives) . 22 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

Further reading

• "Maldives". 2001-2009.state.gov.