Mohamed Asim (born 1960) is a Maldivian civil servant and diplomat who has been

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of the

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2016 to 2018. He graduated from the

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with a B.A. in Public Administration in 1983, and holds an M.A. from California State University, Sacramento and a PhD in political science and international relations from the

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. Minister Asim began his career in the Maldives civil service in 1983 at the President's Office. His first diplomatic appointment came in 2004, as the Maldives High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, with non-resident accreditation to Pakistan and Bangladesh. From 2007 to 2008 he served as the Maldives

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with concurrent accreditation to the

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. In 2013, Dr Asim was appointed as Head of the Maldives Mission to the EU. In 2014, he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador-at-Large with responsibility for the East, Central and South Asia Divisions, and was responsible for coordination of bilateral matters with countries in that region. He served in that role until 2015, when he was appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh. In 2016 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, succeeding

Dunya Maumoon Dunya Maumoon (born 20 March 1970) is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs (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 o ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asim, Mohamed Maldivian politicians Foreign Ministers of the Maldives Government ministers of the Maldives Ambassadors of the Maldives to the European Union High Commissioners of the Maldives to Bangladesh High Commissioners of the Maldives to Pakistan High Commissioners of the Maldives to Sri Lanka High Commissioners of the Maldives to the United Kingdom American University of Beirut alumni Australian National University alumni 1960 births Living people