Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
ފާތިމަތު ދިޔާނާ ސައީދު
Dhiyana Saeed in 2012
Minister of Gender, Family and Human Rights
In office 7 May 2012 – 19 November 2012
President	Mohamed Waheed
Preceded by	Ministry created
Succeeded by	Mariyam Shakeela
10th Secretary General of SAARC
In office 1 March 2011 – 24 January 2012
Preceded by	Sheel Kant Sharma
Succeeded by	Ahmed Saleem
Attorney General of the Maldives
In office 12 November 2008 – 19 May 2009
President	Mohamed Nasheed
Preceded by	Azima Shukoor
Succeeded by	Husnu Al Suood
Personal details
Born	(1974-11-22) 22 November 1974 (age 49) Hithadhoo, Addu City, Seenu Atoll, Maldives
Alma mater	University of Tasmania (L.L.B) Osaka University (M.L.M.)[1]

Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed (Dhivehi: ފާތިމަތު ދިޔާނާ ސައީދު; born 22 November 1974) is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985. She was appointed Secretary-General at the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in February 2011, and assumed office in Kathmandu on 1 March 2011. She succeeded India's Sheel Kant Sharma, whose term ended in February.

She was previously the Maldives’ Attorney General, and also served as the Maldivian Government’s Envoy for South Asia. She holds a master's degree in Law from the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University, Japan. She has a PhD from Leicester University, UK.
She is the first female to hold this position, as well as the youngest person on the post.