Former Foreign Minister of Maldives, Dunya Maumoon

Dunya Maumoon (born 20 March 1970) is a former

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

(2013–2016) of the Government of Maldives.

Personal life

Dunya Maumoon was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 2013- 2016. She is he eldest daughter of former Maldives president

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 ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Nov 2013 – July 2016)

Maumoon served as the Foreign Minister of the Maldives from November 2013 until July 2016. Maumoon was the first female Foreign Minister of the Maldives. Maumoon played a key role in establishing and re‐energising close ties with traditional friends such as India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and

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. Maumoon provided leadership for the Maldivians in its second term serving on the UN's Human Rights Council.

Deputy Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

After her tenure with the

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, in January 2007, Maumoon took up the position of Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maumoon was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, by President Dr.

Mohamed Waheed Hassan Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik ( dv, ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު ޙަސަން މަނިކު; Arabic: مُحَمَّد وَحِيد حَسَن مَانِيك; born 3 January 1953) is a Maldivian politician who served as the fifth Presid ...

, in February 2012.

Political career

From 2009 to 2012, Maumoon was involved in both DRP and later in the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) as Council Member and had a role in the Women's Movements.

United Nations involvement

Maumoon began her professional career at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Maldives in 1998.

Education

She obtained a B.A.(Honors) degree in

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at the University of Cambridge in England in 1992. She went on to complete a MPhil Degree at the London School of Economic & Political Science (LSE) in 1996, where the focus of her research was ''�
Gender Activism & the Islamic Revival
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maumoon, Dunya 1970 births Living people Foreign Ministers of the Maldives Alumni of the London School of Economics Children of national leaders Female foreign ministers 21st-century Maldivian women politicians 21st-century Maldivian politicians Women government ministers of the Maldives Maldivian women diplomats 20th-century Maldivian women