List of presidents of the Maldives

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The President of the Maldives is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of the Maldives. [1] The president is directly elected by the citizens of the country through a popular vote for a five–year term. [2] He is the commander-in-chief of the Maldives National Defence Force and leads the cabinet of the country. [3] [4] The First republic of the Maldives was declared on 1 January 1953, after eight–months, the republic was abolished on 21 August 1953, when people of Fura Malé beaten nearly to death. [5] Later when he died of the injury's, then Vice president of the Maldives, Ibrahim Muhammad Didi succeeded him as acting president. [5] Since the declaration of the second republic in 1968, there have been seven presidents. [6]

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Since 1968, two presidents Ibrahim Nasir and Mohamed Nasheed have resigned from post. When president Nasir resigned in 1978, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was elected as president on 28 July 1978. In 2012, president Mohamed Nasheed resigned as president following a crisis, which led him to resign. [7] Presidents, Mohamed Amin Didi and Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik served the shortest, Amin from 1 January 1953 to 21 August 1953 and Waheed following the resignation of Nasheed on 7 February 2012 until the inauguration of Abdulla Yameen on 17 November 2013. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom served as president for thirty years, spanning from 1978 to 2008, making him one of the longest serving president in Asia. [8]

The incumbent president is Mohamed Muizzu, who assumed office on 17 November 2023. He was preceded by Ibrahim Mohamed Solih who served as president from 2018 to 2023. [9]

Presidents

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		PartyTerm in office Vice President Election
Took officeLeft office
1 Amin Didi prime minister portrait.jpg Mohamed Amin
(1910–1954)
[10] 		Muthagaddim 1 January 195321 August 1953 Ibrahim Muhammad Didi
1952
2 Ibrahim Nasir.png Ibrahim Nasir
(1926–2008)
[11] 		Independent 11 November 196811 November 1978 [lower-alpha 1] Vacant [lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 3]

1968
1973
3 Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom presidential portrait.jpg Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
(b. 1937)
[16] 		Independent
Dhivehi Rayyithuge 		11 November 197811 November 2008Vacant 1978
1983
1988
1993
1998
2003
4 Mohamed Nasheed portrait (2).jpg Mohamed Nasheed
(b. 1967)
[17] 		Democratic 11 November 20087 February 2012 [lower-alpha 4] Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik 2008
5 Mohammed Waheed Hassan official portrait (cropped).jpg Mohamed Waheed
(b. 1953)
[19] 		Itthihaad 7 February 2012 [lower-alpha 5] 17 November 2013Vacant until 25 April 2012
Mohamed Waheeduddeen [lower-alpha 6] 		–
6 Abdulla Yameen portrait.jpg Abdulla Yameen
(b. 1959)
[23] 		Progressive 17 November 201317 November 2018 Mohamed Jameel [lower-alpha 7]
Ahmed Adeeb [lower-alpha 8]
Vacant [lower-alpha 9]
Abdulla Jihad [lower-alpha 10] 		2013
7 Ibrahim Mohamed Solih official portrait.jpg Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
(b. 1962)
[28] 		Democratic 17 November 201817 November 2023 Faisal Naseem 2018
8 Dr Muizzu in December 2023.jpg Mohamed Muizzu
(b. 1978)
[29] 		Congress 17 November 2023Incumbent Hussain Mohamed Latheef 2023

Timeline

Mohamed MuizzuIbrahim Mohamed SolihAbdulla YameenMohamed Waheed HassanMohamed NasheedMaumoon Abdul GayoomIbrahim NasirMohamed Amin DidiList of presidents of the Maldives

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned from office
  2. ↑ Vacant until 1973
  3. ↑ Vice presidents from 1973:
    Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi [12] [13]
    Ahmed Hilmy Didi
    Ibrahim Shihab
    Ali Maniku [14]
    Hassan Zareer [15]
  4. ↑ Resigned from office [18]
  5. ↑ Mohamed Waheed succeeded to the presidency upon the resignation of Mohamed Nasheed [20]
  6. ↑ Appointed vice president under terms of the Article 122 of the constitution of the Maldives [21] [22]
  7. ↑ Removed from power on 11 May 2013 by president Yameen by a vote taken in the People's Majlis [24]
  8. ↑ Removed from power on 11 May 2013 by President Yameen by a vote taken in the People's Majlis, after he was involved in the assassination attempt of president Yameen [25]
  9. ↑ From 5 November 2015 until 22 June 2016
  10. ↑ Appointed as vice president under terms of the Article 122 of the constitution of the Maldives [26] [27]

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