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Fazeel Najeeb () is a Maldivian economist and technocrat who was the former governor of the Maldives Monetary Authority (2008-2013) where he is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
A native of Fuvahmulah in Funaadu, Fazeel is also the Governor of Maldives to the International Monetary Fund, and was Chairman of SAARC Finance, a network of Central Banks in South Asia.
After assuming the office of the Governor of MMA, in 2009 Fazeel introduced the first prudential regulations for banks in the Maldives – a set of 11 prudential regulations. In the same year he also proposed to the government, the first banking act of Maldives and introduced the first ever monetary policy framework and operations at the Central Bank, and, simultaneously introduced the auctioning of treasury bills. In 2017, he was appointed as the State Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Abdulla Yameen administration. He was later appointed as the Ambassador of Maldives to China in 2024.
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