Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was elected President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 07 June 2021. Shahid will preside over the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly that begins in September. The 193-member General Assembly voted for the election of the President on 07 June. Shahid will succeed Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir, who was the president of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Along with Shahid, former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Dr. Zalmay Rasool was also a candidate in the election Maldives got a total of 143 votes, while