New Permanent Representative of Maldives Presents Credentials

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

The new Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations, Ali Naseer Mohamed, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Mohamed headed President-elect Mohamed Muizzu’s Transition Committee on Foreign Relations until the new President was inaugurated on 17 November 2023, and since the inauguration, he has served as Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Since January 2024, he has been the lead negotiator in the High-Level Core Group for negotiations between the Maldives and India on key bilateral matters, including strategic, defence and economic issues.

From 2017 to 2019, he was his country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.  He was also his country’s Ambassador to the United States and Canada.

He joined the Maldives foreign service in 1985 and has held several positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Director-General for External Resources; Director-General for Political Affairs; Additional Secretary for Policy Planning; Foreign Secretary of the Maldives; and Secretary, Multilateral.

Mr. Mohamed received his PhD in international relations from the Australian National University, Master of Arts from the Leicester University, United Kingdom, and graduate diploma in business administration from the University of Sydney, Australia.