Abdulla Hameed

Abdulla Hameed (c.1939 - 18 August 2015) was a Maldivian politician. He was the Minister of Atolls during the administration of his brother Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Hameed was the Speaker of the Majlis from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2004. He was a recipient of the Order of Distinguished Rule of Izzuddeen.[1][2]

Abdulla Hameed
Born
Abdulla Hameed

1938 or 1939
Maldives
Died (aged 76)
Bangalore, India
Resting placeGalolhu, Male
OccupationPolitician
Children11
RelativesAbdulla Yameen

1982 speech

On 26 July 1982, at a celebration of Maldivian Independence Day, Hameed gave a public speech in which he claimed that Minicoy Island was part of the Maldives.[3] Hameed was the Minister of Atolls at the time and his speech was interpreted as an official claim over the island. The speech caused a minor diplomatic crisis between India and the Maldives, because the two countries had agreed to a maritime boundary treaty whereby Minicoy was placed on the Indian side of the boundary.[4] President Gayoom hurriedly clarified that Hameed's speech was intended to highlight the linguistic, cultural, and religious ties between the Maldives and Minicoy and that the Maldives was not intending to make a political claim over the atoll.[3]

Sought on corruption charges

In September 2011, the Criminal Court of the Maldives ordered the police to summon Hameed to the Maldives to face charges of corruption stemming from his time in public office.[5] The order was a follow-up to the April 2011 request of the Court for the police to locate Hameed, who as of 2011 was believed to reside in Sri Lanka.[6]

Death

Hameed died on 18 August 2015 in Bangalore while receiving treatment for heart failure. He was given a state funeral. The national flag was flown on half mast for three days following his death.[2] He was buried in Galolhu Cemetery on 20 August.[7]

References
  1. "Past Speakers - People's Majlis of Maldives". majlis.gov.mv. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. "State Dignitary Uz. Abdulla Hameed passes away". The President's Office. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  3. Ramesh Trivedi (2007). India's Relations with her Neighbours (Isha Books, ISBN 978-81-8205-438-7) p. 177.
  4. "India–Maldives: Agreement between India and the Maldives on Maritime Boundary in the Arabian Sea and Related Matters", in Jonathan I. Charney and Lewis M. Alexander (eds., 1998). International Maritime Boundaries (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ISBN 978-90-411-0345-1) pp. 1389–1399.
  5. Ahmed Naish, "Criminal Court orders police to summon former Atolls Minister Abdulla Hameed" Archived June 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Minivan News, 2011-09-13
  6. Ahmed Nazeer, , Minivan News, 2011-04-11. Archived April 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "State Funeral held for the late Uz. Abdulla Hameed". The President's Office. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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