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.
The Maldives has remained an independent nation throughout its recorded history,save for a brief spell of Portuguese occupation in the mid-16th century. From 1900 to 1965,the country was a British protectorate while retaining full internal sovereignty. At its independence in 1965,the Maldives joined the United Nations on 20 September.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is a Maldivian statesman,diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 1977 to 1978,and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977. The longest-serving Maldivian president,Gayoom was the longest-serving leader in Asia.
Dunya Maumoon is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2016) of the Government of Maldives.
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Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985. She was appointed Secretary-General at the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in February 2011,and assumed office in Kathmandu on 1 March 2011. She succeeded India's Sheel Kant Sharma,whose term ended in February.
The Cabinet of the Maldives is the most senior level of the executive branch of the Government of the Maldives. It is made up of the President,the Vice President,Attorney General and the Ministers.
Abdulla Shahid,is a Maldivian politician who served as President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly between 2021 and 2022 and is the current president of the Maldivian Democratic Party. Shahid is the first Maldivian politician to hold that post. He had served as minister of foreign affairs from 2018 to 2023.
Hala Hameed is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary,Multilateral at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2020.
Mariyam Azra Ahmed is a Maldivian politician and administrator. In December 2023,she was appointed Minister of State for Social and Family Development.
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AminathShauna is a Maldivian politician and former Minister of the Environment,Climate Change,and Technology of the Maldives.
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Zahiya Zareer, is a Maldivian politician and former teacher;she is Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Maldives and was formerly High Commissioner to Sri Lanka,after held two ministerial government offices.
The Cabinet of Mohamed Muizzu is the current most senior level of the executive branch of the current Government of the Maldives. The cabinet ministers were appointed following the inauguration of President Mohamed Muizzu.
Mohamed Hussain Shareef,commonly known as Mundhu,is an Maldivian politician who from February 2012 to November 2013 served as the Minister of Human Resources,Youth and Sports,under president Mohamed Waheed Hassan,and as the Ambassador of the Maldives to Japan from 2016 to 2017. He further served as the Ambassador of the Maldives to Sri Lanka,and is currently serving as the Ambassador of the Maldives to the United Arab Emirates since 2023.
The Cabinet of Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was the most senior level of the executive branch of the government of the Maldives from 2018 to 2023. The cabinet ministers were appointed following Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's inauguration as president.
