| Hala Hameed | |
| Native Name: | ހާލާ ހަމީދް |
| Native Name Lang: | dv |
| Office: | Permanent Representative of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations Office and International Organisations in Geneva |
| Term Start: | January 2016 |
| Term End: | July 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Ahmed Sareer |
| Succeeded: | Salma Rasheed |
| President: | Abdulla Yameen Ibrahim Mohamed Solih |
| Office1: | Minister of State for Law and Gender |
| President1: | Abdulla Yameen |
| Termend1: | August 2015 |
| Termstart1: | 1 July 2014 |
| Office2: | Minister of State for Health and Gender |
| President2: | Abdulla Yameen |
| Termstart2: | December 2013 |
| Termend2: | 1 July 2014 |
| Office4: | Vice President of the Police Integrity Commission |
| President4: | Abdulla Waheed |
| Termstart4: | 18 November 2012 |
| Termend4: | December 2013 |
| Appointer4: | Mohamed Waheed |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1963 |
| Alma Mater: | American University of Beirut University of the South Pacific (BA) University of East Anglia (MPhil, PhD) |
Hala Hameed (; born 6 November 1963) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary, Multilateral at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2020.[1]
She was first the Vice President of the Police Integrity Commission from December 2012 to December 2013 but resigned to serve as Minister of State for Health and Gender from December 2013 to July 2014, and Minister of State for Law and Gender from July 2014 to August 2015.[2] [3] [4] She was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations Office at Geneva from January 2016 to July 2020.[5] [6]
She was educated at the American University of Beirut, the University of the South Pacific (BA, 1989), and the University of East Anglia (MPhil, 1993; PhD, 2004).[7] Her PhD was entitled "Understanding gender and intra-household relations: a case study of Shaviyani Atoll, Maldives".
She is the daughter of Abdulla Hameed, and the niece of Abdulla Yameen and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[8]