Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi (alternative name: ''Amir Abdul Sattar Faamudheyri Kilegefaanu'') was Maldivian diplomat and politician. He was born 1936 or 1937. He died in November 2015 in Bangkok.

Life

Didi started his public service career as secretary at the Representative Office of the Maldives in

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in 1957. Then from 1960 to 1967 he was the representative in Ceylon. He was then

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in New York City from 1967 to 1970, and ambassador to the USA between 1968 and 1970. In the government of President

Ibrahim Nasir Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan ( dv, އިބްރާހިމް ނާޞިރު ރަންނަބަނޑޭރި ކިލޭގެފާނު), KCMG, NGIV (''Nishan Ghaazeege 'Izzatheri Veriya'', dv, ނިޝާން ޣާޒީގެ ޢިއްޒަތްތެރި ވެރ ...

, he was

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from October 1970 to March 1975. Between October 1975 and May 1977 he was one of the

Vice Presidents of the Maldives A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character tr ...

together with

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Ibrahim Shihab Honorable Maldivian Al-Usthaaz Ibrahim Shihab (1926–1988), was an influential Maldivian writer, poet, essayist and statesman. He was the son of scholar Husain Salaahuddin. Hussain Salaahuddin was a famous Maldivian poet and also served as the ...

Ali Maniku ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

and

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. During the tenure of Nasir's successor,

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (; dv, މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar who served as the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. After serving as Minister of Trans ...

, he was Minister of Education in the late 1970s. He was later Minister for Fisheries in the 1980s and, most recently, Minister for Health and Welfare in the 1990s. In 1998 Didi became chair of the council of the Maldives College of Higher Education (MCHE), which was renamed

Maldives National University The Maldives National University (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޤައުމީ ޔުނިވަރސިޓީ) is a public university located in the Maldives. In 1973, the first Ministry of health was created at NMU. In 1974, the vocational and t ...

in 2011. During the mass demonstrations in September 2003, he chaired a presidential commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Evan Naseem, who previously died in prison with two other inmates under unexplained circumstances. On 26th July 2011, Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi was conferred the Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin.

References

1930s births 2015 deaths Vice presidents of the Maldives Education ministers of the Maldives Finance ministers of the Maldives Fisheries ministers of the Maldives Health ministers of the Maldives Ambassadors of the Maldives Ambassadors of the Maldives to the United States High Commissioners of the Maldives to Sri Lanka Permanent Representatives of the Maldives to the United Nations Dhivehi people {{Maldives-politician-stub