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Honorary Consul in the Maldives

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04.03.2020 - Article

What are Honorary Consuls (HC) and who is the HC in the Maldives: some comprehensive information.

What are Honorary Consuls?

Honorary consuls are active in many places in addition to the diplomatic missions and consular posts. Honorary consuls are appointed where the establishment of a career consular post would seem too great an effort, but where the size of the consular district of the responsible mission and the number of resident or visiting Germans nevertheless make it sensible to have a local contact point. At present there are approximately 350 honorary consuls. They are volunteers who do not have to be German citizens, in fact they are often citizens of the host country. Given their long years of working experience in the host state, they are well connected and have an intimate knowledge of conditions on the ground and are thus in a position to provide valuable assistance to Germans in emergency situations.

Honorary consuls are not entitled to perform all official consular acts, nor are they obliged to be permanently present.


Our Honorary Consul in the Maldives

Sanjay I. Maniku yesterday was declared new Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Male. He was handed over the official document (“exequatur”) which permits him to exercise this position on Wednesday 13th of February 2019 by Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid in the presence of German Ambassador Jörn Rohde.

Mr. Maniku, Executive Director of Universal Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and an Electronic and Electrical Engineer by profession, is a German citizen.

New Honorary Consul in the Republic of Maldives
from left: Ambassador Jörn Rohde, HC Sanjey Maniku, Hon. Minister Abdulla Shahid and a forth Person in the Office of the Minister © Maldivian Foreign Ministry

Brief CV:

Born 1977 in Germany

Educated in Maldives, the UK and Singapore

Married with 2 children

Address and opening hours

Description

Honorary Consul of the Federeal Republic of Germany

Head

Sanjay I. Maniku, Honorary Consul

City/Town

Male

Country

Maldives

Address

Kaneeru Villa, 3rd Floor.PO Box 20212, Orchid MaguMalé, Republic of Maldives

Postal address

PO Box 20213

Administrative / consular district

Maldives

Opening hours

8.30 am - 4.30 pm (1.30 pm - 2.30 pm lunch break!)

Languages

English

E-Mail

Telephone

+960 334 9595

Fax

+960 332 2678
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