The Maldives,officially the Republic of Maldives,is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is named after the main island and capital of Malé. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India,about 750 kilometres from the Asian continent's mainland. The Maldives' chain of 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south.
The politics of the Maldives take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President is the Head of Government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the Cabinet;like many presidential democracies,each member of the cabinet need to be approved by the Parliament. The President,along with their pick for vice president,is directly elected by the denizens to a five-year term by a secret ballot. Once in office,they could be re-elected to a second 5-year term,which is the limit allowed by the Constitution. The current President of the Maldives is Mohamed Muizzu,when his predecessor,Ibrahim Mohamed Solih lost the 2023 Maldivian presidential election.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is a Maldivian politician who served as President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. After serving as transport minister,he was nominated president by the People's Majlis and succeeded Ibrahim Nasir in 1978. He was defeated in 2008 during the first Presidential Elections after democratic reforms in the Maldives. He holds the nations highest award,"The Most Honourable Order of Distinguished Rule of Ghaazee",presented to him in 2013. Maumoon was the longest-serving president in Asia.
Al Ameer Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan,KCMG,NGIV commonly known as Ibrahim Nasir,was a Maldivian politician adhering to the non-aligned ideology and staunch anti-imperialist. Nasir served as the Prime Minister of the Maldives from 1957 to 1968 under the monarchy,and later the first President of the Second Republic of Maldives from 1968 to 1978. Nasir served two terms,then he decided to retire,even though the People's Majlis voted him in for a third term. Nasir is remembered as an independence hero for guiding the Maldives to independence from the British Empire,he is also credited for establishing the tourism industry in the Maldives,as well as rapidly modernizing and developing the country and economy.
The Maldivian Democratic Party is the first political party formed in the Republic of Maldives with a total membership of 52,142 individuals as of 5 March 2024. The 2019 parliamentary election was the first time one party was able to secure a majority in parliament without forming a coalition.
Sumuvvul Ameer Mohamed Amin Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaanu,popularly known as Mohamed Amin Didi,was a Maldivian politician. He served as the first president of the Maldives and as the head of government between January 1,1953,and August 21,1953. Amin Didi was also the principal of Majeedhiyya School from 1946 to 1953.
The Maldives national football team represents the Maldives in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Majeediyya School is the first Maldivian government school,located in Malé,Maldives. It only accepted boys until the introduction of Primary Education in 2010,which allowed girls to attend the school as well. The English medium is followed throughout all subjects,with the exception of Dhivehi and Islam.
N.Velidhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll in the Maldives. Information from Maldives bureau of statistics
The Football Association of Maldives (FAM),founded in 1982,is the governing body of football in the Maldives. The association under the guidance of the Ministry of Youth,Sports and Community Empowerment is responsible for all regulatory aspects of the sport in the Maldives. In 1986,FAM became a member of AFC and FIFA respectively.
Dr. Mohamed Zahir Hussain,(Dhivehi:ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދުޒާހިރުޙުސައިން) is the chancellor of the Islamic University of Maldives. He was appointed by the former president,Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. He was also the chancellor of Maldives National University and the former Minister of Education as well as the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Maldives. He resigned from the post of Youth Minister in the year 2004 but was again appointed as a senior minister in 2006 and served in the cabinet of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom until 2008 presidential election. In 2008,he was conferred the distinguished "Order of Izzuddin" by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. He is also the Chairman/Owner of the newspaper Haveeru Daily which was established in 1978. His wife was Naalia Ibrahim Kaleyfaan, who died in 2021 while receiving treatment at ADK Hospital. She was a teacher at Aminiya School for 25 years,and the first chancellor of the Islamic University of Maldives. Zahir has three children –Leena Zahir Hussain,Vail Zahir Hussain and Lubna Zahir Hussain.
Ibrahim Muhammad Didi,was Vice President of Maldives. While people demanded him to be president on terms that the vacancy of the office of the President leads to the succession of the vice president to the presidency,Ibrahim Didi served as acting president from September 2,1953,to March 7,1954,after the banishment of Mohamed Amin Didi. He was the first person to serve as Vice President as well as Acting President in the Maldives.
The Progressive Party of Maldives,also known by its abbreviationPPM,is an Islamist political party in the Maldives with a total membership of 36,223 as of 5 March 2024. The stated goal of the party is driving Maldives towards an independent and democratic,safe and secure,high income,high human capital,developed nation state with a diversified and robust economy whilst preserving its Islamic heritage.
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 7,9 and 16 November 2013. The first round was held on 7 September. As no candidate received a majority,a second round was planned to be held in 28 September between the candidates who received the most votes in the first round,former President Mohamed Nasheed and Abdulla Yameen,paternal half-brother of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Incumbent President Mohammed Waheed Hassan was eliminated in the first round after receiving less votes than three other candidates.
The Ministry of Defence is the Maldivian government agency responsible for protecting the independence and the integrity of the Maldivian citizenry.
Ali Naseer Mohamed is a Maldivian diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and Ambassador of the Maldives to the United States and Canada from July 2017 to May 2019.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih,commonly known as Ibu,is a Maldivian politician who served as president of the Maldives from 2018 to 2023.
The People's National Congress is a political party in the Maldives founded in January 2019 and the current governing party. The party's formation was spearheaded by former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom,who had been in a dispute with the leadership of the Progressive Party of Maldives.
Thilmeeza Hussain is a Maldivian civil servant and diplomat who is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and the Maldivian High Commissioner of to Canada.
The family of Mohamed Muizzu,the 9th and current president of the Maldives is a Maldivian descended family. they are active in law,education,activism and politics. the immediate family of Mohamed Muizzu is the current first family of the Maldives since his inauguration on 17 November 2023.
