Didi started his public service career as secretary at the Representative Office of the Maldives in Colombo in 1957.[1] Then from 1960 to 1967 he was the representative in Ceylon. He was then Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City from 1967 to 1970, and ambassador to the USA between 1968 and 1970. In the government of President Ibrahim Nasir, he was Finance Minister from October 1970 to March 1975.[4] Between October 1975 and May 1977 he was one of the Vice Presidents of the Maldives together with Ahmad Hilmy Didi, Ibrahim Shihab, Ali Maniku and Hassan Zareer.[2]