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Prime Minister of the Maldives was a public office in the Sultanate of the Maldives and the Republic of the Maldives. The last Prime Minister was Ahmed Zaki, during the presidency of Ibrahim Nasir. On 6 March 1975, Zaki was removed from office and the position was abolished.
| No. | Prime Ministers | Term of office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | |||||
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| 1 | Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen II | 1774 | 1774 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 2 | Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din | 1774 | 1799 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 3 | Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I | 1799 | 1799 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 4 | Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I | 1799 | 1835 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 5 | Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV | 1835 | 1882 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 6 | Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen | 1882 | 1886 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 7 | Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen II | 1886 | 1888 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 8 | Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen | 1888 | 1892 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 9 | Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen | 1892 | 1893 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 10 | Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V | 1893 | 1893 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 11 | Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III | 1893 | 1893 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 12 | Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI | 1893 | 1902 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 13 | Ibrahim Dorhimeyna Kilegefan | 1902 | 1902 | Independent | ||
| 14 | Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III | 1902 | 1934 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 15 | Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II | 1935 | 1926 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 16 | Abdul Majeed Didi | 1926 | 1932 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 17 | Muhammad Fareed Didi | 1932 | 1947 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 18 | Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954) |  | 1 January 1947 | 2 September 1953 | Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party | |
| 19 | Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (1902–1981)Acting President |  | 2 September 1953 | 7 March 1954 | Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party | |
| 20 | Ibrahim Ali Didi | 7 March 1954 | 7 March 1954 | Independent | ||
| 21 | Muhammad Fareed Didi (1901–1969)Sultan (King from 1965) | 7 March 1954 | 11 November 1968 | None (Royal Family) | ||
| 22 | Ibrahim Nasir | 11 November 1968 | 11 November 1978 | Independent | ||
| 23 | Ahmed Zaki | 11 November 1973 | 11 November 1978 | Independent | ||
The history of the Maldives is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of South Asia and Indian Ocean; and the modern nation consisting of 26 natural atolls, comprising 1194 islands. Historically, the Maldives held a strategic importance due to its location on the major marine routes of the Indian Ocean. The Maldives' nearest neighbours are the British Indian Ocean Territory, Sri Lanka and India. The United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and some Indian kingdoms have had cultural and economic ties with the Maldives for centuries. In addition to these countries, Maldivians also traded with Aceh and many other kingdoms in, what is today, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Maldives provided the main source of cowrie shells, then used as a currency throughout Asia and parts of the East African coast. Most probably Maldives were influenced by Kalingas of ancient India who were earliest sea traders to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from India and were responsible for the spread of Buddhism. Stashes of Chinese crockery found buried in various locations in the Maldives also show that there was direct or indirect trade contact between China and the Maldives. In 1411 and 1430, the Chinese admiral Zheng He 鄭和 visited the Maldives. The Chinese also became the first country to establish a diplomatic office in the Maldives, when the Chinese nationalist government based in Taipei opened an embassy in Malé in 1966. This office has since been replaced by the embassy of the People's Republic of China.
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.
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Ahmad or Ahmed Zaki may refer to:
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