Hala Hameed (born 6 November 1963) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary, Multilateral at the

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since August 2020. The daughter of Abdulla Hameed, she was educated at the

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, the

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(BA, 1989), and the

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(MPhil, 1993; PhD, 2004). 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. She was Maldivian representative to the

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from January 2016 to July 2020. She is a niece of Abdulla Yameen and

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 ...

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