Farahanaz Faizal
Farahanaz Faizal is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the Maldivian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. She served from 2009 until 2012 under President Mohamed Nasheed and was reappointed on April 18, 2019 by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. She served from 2019 until 2024. Faizal was also the non-resident ambassador of France, Ireland and Spain.
Career
She was the Ambassador of the Maldives to the United Kingdom twice. During the Nasheed administration and the Solih administration. During the Nasheed administration, she had to resign during the protests that were happening.Early life and education
Born in Henveiru, in Malé, Maldives, Faizal was born to Abdul Majeed Mahir and Ameena Mohamed Amin.Faizal obtained her undergraduate degree in international relations from Keele University in 1989 followed by a M.Phil. in the same subject from the University of Cambridge in 1996. Her doctorate is in politics, which received from the University of Hull in 1996. She is also the first woman from the Maldives to obtain a PhD.