Hala Hameed

Hala Hameed

Hala Hameed (born 6 November 1963) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary, Multilateral at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2020.[1]

The daughter of Abdulla Hameed, she was educated at the American University of Beirut, the University of the South Pacific (BA, 1989), and the University of East Anglia (MPhil, 1993; PhD, 2004).[2] Her PhD was entitled "Understanding gender and intra-household relations: a case study of Shaviyani Atoll, Maldives". She served as Minister of State for Health and Gender from December 2013 to July 2014, and Minister of State for Law and Gender from July 2014 to August 2015.[3] She was Maldivian representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva from January 2016 to July 2020.[1][4][3]

She is a niece of Abdulla Yameen and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Secretary, Multilateral - Dr. Hala Hameed". GOV.MV. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Hala Hameed appointed Minister of State for Health and Gender". Sun.mv. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Hala Hameed presents her Credentials, as Permanent Representative of Maldives, to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva". Embassy of Maldives in London. 13 January 2016.
  4. ^ Naafiz, Ali (22 December 2015). "Maldives names new representative to Geneva". Haveeru Daily. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Hala Hameed demoted to Additional Secretary at Foreign Ministry". Raajjé.mv. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.