High Commission of the Maldives, Kuala Lumpur
| High Commission of the Maldives, Kuala Lumpur މެލޭޝިއާގައި ހުންނަ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ހައިކޮމިޝަން Suruhanjaya Tinggi Maldives di Malaysia | |
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| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Address | Unit E-12B-01, Level 12B, Icon Tower (East), No. 1, Jalan 1/68F, Jalan Tun Razak, 55000 Kuala Lumpur |
| Opened | 2006 |
| High Commissioner | Mariyam Shabeena Ahmed |
| Website | maldives.org.my |
The High Commission of the Maldives in Malaysia (Dhivehi: މެލޭޝިއާގައި ހުންނަ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ހައިކޮމިޝަން,[1] Malay: Suruhanjaya Tinggi Maldives di Malaysia) is an overseas diplomatic mission of the Maldives located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
History
[edit]After diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in 1968, a High Commission office was opened in Kuala Lumpur in 2006.[2]
It was previously known as the Embassy of the Maldives in Malaysia (Dhivehi: މެލޭޝިއާގައި ހުންނަ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ އެމްބަސީ, Malay: Kedutaan Besar Maldives di Malaysia / Kedutaan Maldives di Malaysia) from October 2016, when the Maldives left the Commonwealth,[3] until February 2020.[4]
On 1 February 2020, when the Maldives returned to its status as a Commonwealth republic, the mission reverted to the Office of the High Commission of the Maldives.[5]
Address
[edit]Unit E-12B-01, Level 12B, Icon Tower (East), No. 1, Jalan 1/68F, Jalan Tun Razak, 55000 Kuala Lumpur.[6]
Ambassador・High Commissioner
[edit]The current High Commissioner is Mariyam Shabeena Ahmed, who was appointed on 7 May 2024.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް ފޮރިން އެފެއާޒުގެ ދަށުން ހިނގަމުންދާ ބައެއް ޑިޕްލޮމެޓިކް މިޝަންތަކުގެ ނަންތަކަށް ބަދަލު ގެންނެވުން" [Changes of overseas missions under the Maldivian Foreign Affairs Ministry]. The President's Office of the Republic of Maldives (in Divehi). 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Government Budget in Statistics - Financial Year 2007" (PDF). Ministry of Finance and Treasury of the Republic of Maldives. 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Safi, Michael (2016-10-13). "Maldives quits Commonwealth over alleged rights abuses". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް ފޮރިން އެފެއާޒުގެ ދަށުން ހިނގަމުންދާ ބައެއް ޑިޕްލޮމެޓިކް މިޝަންތަކުގެ ނަންނަމަށް ބަދަލު ގެންނެވުން" [Changes of overseas missions under the Maldivian Foreign Affairs Ministry]. The President's Office of the Republic of Maldives (in Divehi). 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "The Maldives re-joins the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Contact Information". High Commission of the Maldives, Kuala Lumpur. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
- ^ "The President appoints Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Permanent Representatives to foreign countries and international organisations". The President's Office. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
