Ahmed Shiaan

Ahmed Shiaan is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the State Secretary, Chief of Protocol and current State Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives. He was appointed when the Solih administration took office on 26 March 2018. Shiaan served as the Maldives Ambassador the European Union (EU), Netherlands, United Kingdom (UK), Belgium, and Luxembourg before his appointment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ahmed Shiaan is a fluent speaker of both Dhivehi and English. He understands Hindi and partly understands German. He was also the Ambassador to the UK on 31 October 2015 but was recalled back.

Education Shiaan obtained a bachelor's degree in Political science and Economics from the Bangalore University, as well as a master's degree in International relations from the Heidelberg University. He has also had Specialist Training in Security Studies and he has also had completed numerous training courses in diplomacy, international negotiation, security studies and environmental diplomacy in Europe and Asia.