Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid has been elected to the President of the 76th UN General Assembly.
In the election held at the UN General Assembly meeting at 19:00 local time tonight, Minister Shahid ran against the former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Zalmai Rassoul​. 
Minister Shahid won 191 votes while his opponent won 48 votes from a total of 191 votes. 
Minister Shahid will officially take his place as the President of the 76th General Assembly in September later this year. 
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was amongst the first to congratulate the Foreign Minister. 
The President tweeted that it was a great honour for the Maldives and there were no doubts that Minister Shahid make his nation proud as the President of the General Assembly, after congratulating the Minister. 
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