Farahanaz Faizal (born 20 November 19??) is the Maldivian High Commissioner to United Kingdom. She served from 2009 until 2012 under President

Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Nasheed GCSK (; born 17 May 1967) is a Maldivian politician and activist currently serving as the 19th speaker of the People's Majlis since May 2019. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, he served as President of the ...

and was reappointed on April 18, 2019, by President

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ( dv, އިބްރާހީމް މުޙައްމަދު ޞާލިޙް; ar, إبراهيم محمد صالح; born 1 March 1962), better known as Ibu (އިބޫ), is a Maldivian politician and the president of the Maldives since 17 ...

. Faizal is also the non-resident ambassador of

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and

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Early life and education

Faizal obtained her undergraduate degree in international relations from

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in 1989 followed by a M.Phil. in the same subject from the

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in 1996. Her doctorate is in politics. She received it from the

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in 1996. She is also the first woman from the Maldives to obtain a PhD.

Honors and awards

'' Diplomat magazine'', in 2022, named her Diplomat of the Year from Asia and Oceania making her the first Maldivian to win one of the magazine's awards.

References

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