Abdulla Shahid

Abdulla Shahid
ޢަބްދުﷲ ޝާހިދު
Shahid in 2023
President of the 76th UN General Assembly
In office
14 September 2021  13 September 2022
Preceded byVolkan Bozkır
Succeeded byCsaba Kőrösi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 November 2018  17 November 2023
PresidentIbrahim Mohamed Solih
Preceded byMohamed Asim
Succeeded byMoosa Zameer
In office
23 August 2007  11 November 2008
PresidentMaumoon Abdul Gayoom
Preceded byAhmed Shaheed
Succeeded byAhmed Shaheed
16th Speaker of the People's Majlis
In office
28 May 2009  28 May 2014
PresidentMohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Waheed Hassan
Abdulla Yameen
Preceded byMohamed Shihab
Succeeded byAbdulla Maseeh Mohamed
Member of Parliament
In office
28 May 2014  14 November 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyHenveiru Uthuru
In office
28 May 2009  28 May 2014
Succeeded byMoosa Nizar Ibrahim
ConstituencyKeyodhoo
President of the Maldivian Democratic Party
Assumed office
20 February 2024
Preceded byIbrahim Mohamed Solih
Personal details
Born (1962-05-26) 26 May 1962
Malé, Sultanate of the Maldives
Political partyMaldivian Democratic Party(2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (before 2013)
Children3
Parent(s)Maimoona Wajeeh
Moosa Jameel
Alma materCanberra College of Advanced Education, Australia
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, USA
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Abdulla Shahid, NIIV (Dhivehi: ޢަބްދުﷲ ޝާހިދު; born 26 May 1962) is a Maldivian politician who served as President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly between 2021 and 2022 and is the current president of the Maldivian Democratic Party. Shahid is the first Maldivian politician to hold that post. He had served as minister of foreign affairs from 2018 to 2023.