Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat, and was 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.
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed | |
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| ފާތިމަތު ދިޔާނާ ސައީދު | |
Dhiyana Saeed in 2012 | |
| 10th Secretary-General of SAARC | |
| In office March 1, 2011 – January 24, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Sheel Kant Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Saleem |
| Attorney General of the Maldives | |
| In office November 12, 2008 – May 19, 2009 | |
| President | Mohamed Nasheed |
| Preceded by | Azima Shukoor |
| Succeeded by | Husnu Al Suood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1974 Hithadhoo, Seenu Atoll, Maldives |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania (L.L.B) Osaka University (M.L.M.) |
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.