Ahmed Khaleel

Ahmed Khaleel
އަހްމަދު ޚަލީލް
Official portrait, 2018
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
22 November 2018 – 17 November 2023
PresidentIbrahim Mohamed Solih
Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
In office
18 April 2013 – 30 September 2016
PresidentAbdulla Yameen
Succeeded byMohamed Jinah
Ambassador of the Maldives to Japan
In office
9 December 2009 – 30 September 2016
PresidentMohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Waheed Hassan
Abdulla Yameen
Succeeded byMohamed Hussain Shareef
Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations
In office
2007–2008
PresidentMaumoon Abdul Gayoom
Mohamed Nasheed
Preceded byMohamed Latheef
Succeeded byAbdul Ghafoor Mohamed
Personal details
Born (1962-03-17) 17 March 1962
EducationMajeediyya School
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Ahmed Khaleel (Dhivehi: އަހްމަދު ޚަލީލް; born 17 March 1962) is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2023.

Khaleel previously served as the permanent representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 2007 to 2008. Additionally, he was the Ambassador of the Maldives to Japan from 2010 and the non-resident ambassador to South Korea from 2013, serving both posts until 2016. He served as the Under-Secretary for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during 2016–2018, before becoming the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in November 2018.