Abdulla Hameed

Abdulla Ahmed 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. Hameed died on 18 August 2015 in Bangalore while receiving treatment for heart failure. His family had said that Hameed’s health has been deteriorating for some time, particularly after the death of his wife on 1 July 2013. He was given a state funeral with a seven gun salute. The national flag was flown on half mast for three days following his death.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.