Ahmed Sareer

Ahmed Sareer (born 28 August 1965[1]) is a Maldivian diplomat who is presently serving as Maldives Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 10 November 2024.

Later he served as Third Secretary in a diplomatic posting in Colombo, Sri Lanka for a year (1988–1989), before returning to work at the Ministry, rising to the position of Assistant Under-Secretary in 1992.

From 2009 to 2012, he was High Commissioner to Bangladesh; in February 2012, he became Ambassador to the United States, having presented credentials to Barack Obama.

[1] As chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States from 2015 to 2017, he was a key figure in negotiating the Paris Agreement and for adopting the target of limiting temperature increase to 1.5 °C.

During this period, he also served as Head of Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution Unit at OIC General Secretariat.

Sareer in 2012