Thilmeeza Hussain ( dv, ތިލްމީޛާ ޙުސައިން, born 22 March 1978) is a Maldivian civil servant and diplomat who has served as

Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations is the leader of the Maldives' diplomatic mission to the United Nations. It is customary that the Permanent Representative also be dually accredited as Ambassador to the United Stat ...

and Ambassador of the Maldives to the United States and Canada since May 2019. Hussain holds an Master of Science in Business Management from Colorado Technical University. In December, she was appointed as State Minister for Home Affairs for the North Province by 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 ...

. In November 2009, she was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, serving until March 2012. Hussain was appointed by President

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

to serve as the next ambassador to the UN in 2018, succeeding

Ali Naseer Mohamed Ali Naseer Mohamed ( dv, ޢަލީ ނަޞީރު މުޙައްމަދު, born 2 November 1969) is a Maldivian diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and Ambassador of the Maldives to the United States and Can ...

. The appointment was confirmed by the

Parliament of the Maldives The People's Majlis ( dv, ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލިސް; ''Rayyithunge Majilis'') is the unicameral legislative body of Maldives. The Majlis has the authority to enact, amend and revise laws, as outlined in the Constitution of t ...

in December. She presented her credentials as ambassador to

Sean Lawler Sean P. Lawler served as Chief of Protocol of the United States from December 2017 until July 2019. Career Prior to assuming the role of Chief of Protocol, he was the Director for Visits, Planning, and Diplomatic Affairs at the National Securi ...

, Chief of Protocol of the Department of State, on 7 May 2019. Between her time in public office, Hussain served as an adjunct professor at the Ramapo College of New Jersey, the co-founder of the Voice of Women (a Maldivian NGO focusing on women's empowerment, human rights and climate change), and co-chair of the Socially and Economically Just Adaptation and Mitigation Team of the U.S.

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