Abdulla Khaleel

Abdulla Khaleel is a Maldivian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives from 2024 to 2026. He previously served as the Minister of Health from 2023 to 2024. He holds a PhD in Public Policy and wrote his thesis on Decentralizing Maldives in 2015.

Career Khaleel was an assistant teacher at Faafu Atoll Education Centre in Nilandhoo (Faafu Atoll). He was responsible for teaching Financial Accounting and Economics for London GCE O level classes. From November 2004 to April 2005, he was a part-time lecturer at the International Islamic College, Malaysia. After that he was a part-time lecturer at Maldivian Academy for Professional Studies (MAPS) from January 2005 to May 2006. He was then a part-time lecturer at Villa College, Maldives from July to December 2010.

Khaleel started serving the government in 1997, and has held senior positions in the Ministry of Finance.

On 30 September 2024, Mohamed Muizzu reshuffled the cabinet, making Khaleel the new Foreign Affairs Minister. On 17 October 2024, Khaleel was elected as one of three vice presidents of PPM.

On 14 April 2026, Khaleel resigned as the Foreign Affairs minister as part of a mass resignation in the Muizzu cabinet.