Farahanaz Faisal
Farahanaz Faizal (born 20 November 19??) is the Maldivian High Commissioner to United Kingdom. She served from 2009 until 2012 under President Mohamed Nasheed and was reappointed on April 18, 2019, by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Faizal is also the non-resident ambassador of France, Ireland and Spain. Early life and education
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. She received it from the University of Hull in 1996. She is also the first woman from the Maldives to obtain a PhD. Honors and awards
Diplomat magazine, in 2022, named her Diplomat of the Year from Asia and Oceania making her the first Maldivian to win one of the magazine's awards. References

Maldivian women diplomats
High Commissioners of the Maldives to the United Kingdom
Ambassadors to France
Ambassadors to Spain
Women ambassadors
Alumni of the University of Hull
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Alumni of Keele University
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Maldivian women
Ambassadors of the Maldives