Fathulla Jameel | |
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ފަތުހުﷲ ޖަމީލް | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 14 March 1978 – 14 July 2005 | |
President | Ibrahim Nasir Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
Preceded by | Ahmed Zaki |
Succeeded by | Dr. Ahmed Shaheed |
Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations | |
In office 14 April 1977 – 1978 | |
Preceded by | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Zaki |
Senior Minister | |
In office 30 April 2008 – 11 November 2008 | |
President | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | September 5, 1942 |
Died | Singapore General Hospital | March 1, 2012
Parent | Muhammad Jameel Didi |
Fathulla Jameel, NIIV (Dhivehi: ފަތުހުﷲ ޖަމީލް; September 5, 1942 – March 1, 2012) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 1978 to 2005.[1]
Jameel was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from April 14, 1977 to 1978.[2] He became Minister of Foreign Affairs on March 14, 1978 and, under President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, held that position for 27 years. On July 14, 2005, he resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs and was instead appointed as a Special Advisor to the President. On April 30, 2008 he was sworn into the position of senior minister, a relatively new post created by the then incumbent president Gayoom.[3][4]