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Name
  
Hala Hameed


Role
  
Politician

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Hala Hameed (born 6 November 1963) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who is currently Maldivian representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva since January 2016.

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The daughter of Abdulla Hameed, she was educated at the American University of Beirut, the University of the South Pacific (BA, 1989), and the University of East Anglia (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 is a niece of Abdulla Yameen and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

References

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