Hala Hameed
{{Short description|Maldivian politician and diplomat (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hala Hameed
| image = Dr Hala Hameed portrait.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2013
| native_name = ހާލާ ހަމީދް
| native_name_lang = dv
| office = Permanent Representative of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations Office and International Organisations in Geneva
| term_start = January 2016
| term_end = July 2020
| predecessor = Ahmed Sareer
| succeeded = Salma Rasheed
| president = Abdulla Yameen
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
| office1 = Minister of State for Law and Gender
| president1 = Abdulla Yameen
| termend1 = August 2015
| termstart1 = 1 July 2014
| office2 = Minister of State for Health and Gender
| president2 = Abdulla Yameen
| termstart2 = December 2013
| termend2 = 1 July 2014
| succeeded2 = {{Small|Herself as State Minister for Law and Gender}}
| office4 = Vice President of the Police Integrity Commission
| president4 = Abdulla Waheed
| termstart4 = 18 November 2012
| termend4 = December 2013
| appointer4 = Mohamed Waheed
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|6|df=yes}}
| father = Abdulla Hameed
| relatives = Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (uncle)
Abdulla Yameen (uncle)
| alma_mater = American University of Beirut
University of the South Pacific (BA)
University of East Anglia (MPhil, PhD)
| spouse = Abdul Ghafoor Yoosuf
| children = 3
}}
Hala Hameed ({{Langx|dv|ހާލާ ހަމީދް}}; born 6 November 1963) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been heading the Bilateral Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2022.{{cite web |title=Dr. Hala Hameed |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/people/dr-hala-hameed |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=Government of the Maldives}}
Career
She was first the Vice President of the Police Integrity Commission from December 2012 to December 2013 but resigned to serve as Minister of State for Health and Gender from December 2013 to July 2014.{{Cite web |date=18 November 2012 |title=President Waheed appoints President and Vice President of Police Integrity Commission |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/8229 |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=The President's Office}}{{Cite web |date=12 December 2013 |title=President appoints Minister of State for Health and Gender |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/13677 |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=The President's Office}} She served as the Minister of State for Law and Gender from July 2014 to August 2015.{{cite web |date=13 January 2016 |title=Dr. Hala Hameed presents her Credentials, as Permanent Representative of Maldives, to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva |url=https://www.maldiveshighcommission.org/news/news-from-maldives/item/890-dr-hala-hameed-presents-her-credentials-as-permanent-representative-of-maldives-to-the-director-general-of-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418212825/http://maldiveshighcommission.org/news/news-from-maldives/item/890-dr-hala-hameed-presents-her-credentials-as-permanent-representative-of-maldives-to-the-director-general-of-the-united-nations-office-at-geneva |archive-date=18 April 2017 |access-date=12 November 2019 |website=Embassy of the Maldives, London |agency=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Maldives)}} In October 2015, she was appointed as the Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite news |date=29 October 2015 |title=Dr Hala Hameed appointed Ambassador-At-Large at Foreign Ministry |url=https://english.sun.mv/34256 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=Sun}} She was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations Office at Geneva from January 2016 to July 2020.{{Cite news |last=Naafiz |first=Ali |date=22 December 2015 |title=Maldives names new representative to Geneva |url=http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/65016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120193444/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/65016 |archive-date=20 January 2016 |access-date=28 March 2016 |work=Haveeru Daily}}{{Cite web |date=22 December 2015 |title=President appoints a Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/16253 |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=The President's Office}}
Education
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).{{Cite news |date=12 December 2013 |title=Hala Hameed appointed Minister of State for Health and Gender |url=http://english.sun.mv/18455 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034325/http://english.sun.mv/18455 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=28 March 2016 |work=Sun}} Her PhD was entitled "Understanding gender and intra-household relations: a case study of Shaviyani Atoll, Maldives".
Family
She is the daughter of Abdulla Hameed, and the niece of Abdulla Yameen and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.{{Cite news |last=Shaany |first=Aishath |date=7 September 2015 |title=Hala Hameed demoted to Additional Secretary at Foreign Ministry |url=https://raajje.mv/47746 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425003909/https://raajje.mv/47746 |archive-date=25 April 2016 |access-date=31 March 2016 |work=Raajje TV}} Hameed is married to Abdul Ghafoor Yoosuf and she has three children.
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Category:American University of Beirut alumni
Category:University of the South Pacific alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Category:Women government ministers of the Maldives
Category:21st-century Maldivian women politicians
Category:21st-century Maldivian politicians
Category:21st-century diplomats
Category:Maldivian women diplomats
Category:Maldivian women ambassadors
Category:Permanent representatives of the Maldives to the United Nations
Category:21st-century Maldivian women
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