Dhiyana Saeed started her legal career as a
State Attorney at the
Attorney General’s Office in 2000. As a State Attorney, she was responsible for providing legal opinion to the
Government on all aspects of its dealings and for reviewing draft laws and regulations. She was promoted to the post of executive director in 2005. Earlier the same year, she was also appointed to the
People's Majlis (Parliament) and by virtue of that appointment, she also became a member of the People's Special Majlis (Constitutional Assembly). As a member of the Parliament and the Constitutional Assembly, she played a key role in introducing a multi-party democracy to the Maldives and instituting constitutional and law reforms. She is especially credited for proposing a deadline to complete the constitution and a time-bound schedule to meet the proposed deadline. However, this move was also seen as a proving fact for the anticipated breaking of the coalition between the ruling
Maldives Democratic Party and
Jumhooree Party, of which Dhiyana Saeed was a member.
Envoy for South Asia On 4 August 2010, President
Mohamed Nasheed appointed Saeed as the
Maldivian Government's Envoy for
South Asia. She retained this post until 1 March 2011.
Secretary-General of SAARC Dhiyana Saeed was the candidate provided by the
Maldives, in nomination for the post of the 10th Secretary-General of SAARC. On 10 February 2011, she was appointed to the post by the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers held in
Thimphu,
Bhutan. She assumed office in
Kathmandu on 1 March 2011. This was the first time an SAARC secretary-general resigned prior to the expiry of their term since the organization's foundation in 1985.
Minister of Gender, Family and Human Rights Following the creation of the Ministry of Gender, Family and Human Rights, President
Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik appointed Dhiyana Saeed as the Minister. On 19 November 2012, President Waheed dismissed Dhiyana as Minister and appointed
Mariyam Shakeela as the acting Minister. ==Personal life==