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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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since 30 September 2024 | |
| Member of | Cabinet of the Maldives |
| Reports to | President of the Maldives |
| Appointer | President of the Maldives |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Hassan Farid Didi |
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| Politics of the Maldives |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives is a cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Maldives since 1932:[1]
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sultanate of the Maldives | |||
| 1 | Hassan Farid Didi (1901–1944) |
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1932–1944 |
| 2 | Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954) |
1944–1953 | |
| 3 | Ibrahim Ali Didi (1889–1975) |
1954–1957 | |
| 4 | Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008) |
1957–1968 | |
| Republic of Maldives | |||
| 5 | Ahmed Zaki (1931–1996) |
1968–1975 | |
| 6 | Fathulla Jameel (1942–2012) |
1978–2005 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Shaheed (b. 1964) |
2005–2007 | |
| 8 | Abdulla Shahid (b. 1962) |
2007–2008 | |
| (6) | Ahmed Shaheed (b. 1964) |
2008–2010 | |
| — | Mohamed Aslam Acting Minister |
2010–2011 | |
| 9 | Ahmed Naseem (b. 1948) |
2011–2012 | |
| 10 | Abdul Samad Abdulla (1946–2013) |
2012–2013 | |
| — | Asim Ahmed Acting Minister |
2013 | |
| — | Mariyam Shakeela (b. 1961) Acting Minister |
2013 | |
| 11 | Dunya Maumoon (b. 1970) |
2013–2016 | |
| 12 | Mohamed Asim (b. 1960) |
2016–2018 | |
| 13 | Abdulla Shahid (b. 1962) |
2018–2023 | |
| 14 | Moosa Zameer | 2023–2024 | |
| 15 | Abdulla Khaleel (b. 1975) |
2024–president | |