Abdul Samad Abdulla
Abdul Samad Abdulla | |
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Official portrait, 2012 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 5 March 2012 – 25 August 2013 | |
| President | Mohamed Waheed Hassan |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Naseem |
| Succeeded by | Asim Ahmed (acting) Mariyam Shakeela (acting) |
| High Commissioner of the Maldives to Bangladesh | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| President | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Waheed Hassan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1946 Thinadhoo, Huvadhu Atoll, Maldives Sultanate (present-day Thinadhoo City, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives) |
| Died | 25 August 2013 (aged 67) Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore |
| Resting place | Choa Chu Kang Cemetery, Singapore |
| Spouse | Ameena Ali |
| Children | 3, including Khadeeja |
Abdul Samad Abdulla (10 March 1946 – 25 August 2013) was a Maldivian physician, diplomat, and politician, widely regarded as one of the first doctors in the Maldives. Over a career spanning medicine, public health, and international affairs, he served in senior positions with the World Health Organization (WHO)—including communicable-disease coordination in the SEARO region—and represented the Maldives at the United Nations General Assembly, later becoming the nation’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 until his death in 2013.
He helped lay the foundations of the Maldives’ modern health-care system, directed national responses to major public-health crises in the 1970s and 1980s, and went on to represent the country abroad as High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Foreign Minister.