President of the Maldives

President of the Republic of Maldives
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Incumbent Abdulla Yaameen Abdul Gayyoom since 17 November 2013
Term length	5 years
Formation	11 November 1968
Website	presidencymaldives.gov.mv

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The President of the Maldives is the Head of State and Head of Government of the Republic of Maldives and the Commander-in-Chief of the Maldives National Defence Force.

Abdulla Yameen was elected President in 2013 by a slight majority, defeating former President Mohamed Nasheed in a run off.

List of presidents of the Maldives

Parties

Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party The Royal Family Huraa Dynasty Independent Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party Maldivian Democratic Party Gaumee Itthihaad Party Progressive Party of Maldives Jumhooree Party

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice-President	Term
#	Romanized	Picture	Took office	Left office	Party	Vice-President	Term
Presidents of the First Republic (1953–1954)
1	Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954)		1 January 1953	2 September 1953	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party	Ibrahim Muhammad Didi	1
—	Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (Acting) (?–1980)		2 September 1953	7 March 1954	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party	vacant	—
Post abolished^[1]
Sultanate of Maldives (1954–1968)
—	Muhammad Fareed Didi (Sultan) (1901–1969)		7 March 1954	11 November 1968	The Royal Family	—	—
Post restored^[2]
Presidents of the Second Republic (1968–present)
2	Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008)		11 November 1968	11 November 1973	Independent	vacant	2
2	Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008)		11 November 1973	11 November 1978	Independent	vacant	3
3	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1937–)		11 November 1978	11 November 1983	Independent	vacant	4
			11 November 1983	11 November 1988			5
			11 November 1988	11 November 1993			6
			11 November 1993	11 November 1998			7
			11 November 1998	11 November 2003			8
			11 November 2003	11 November 2008			9
4	Mohamed Nasheed (1967–)		11 November 2008	7 February 2012^[3]	Maldivian Democratic Party (Itthihaad Coalition)	Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik	10
5	Mohammed Waheed Hassan (1953–)		7 February 2012^[4]	17 November 2013	Coalition with all political parties excluding MDP.	Mohammed Waheed Deen
6	Abdulla Yameen (1959–)		17 November 2013	Incumbent	Progressive Party of Maldives	Mohamed Jameel Ahmed	11
						Ahmed Adeeb
						vacant

Latest election

Main article: Maldivian presidential election, 2013

Results

Candidate	Party	Annulled election		Re-run (first round)		Second Round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Abdulla Yameen	Progressive Party of Maldives	53,099	25.35	61,278	29.72	111,203	51.39
Mohamed Nasheed	Maldivian Democratic Party	95,224	45.45	96,764	46.93	105,181	48.61
Qasim Ibrahim	Jumhooree Party	50,422	24.07	48,131	23.35
Mohammed Waheed Hassan	Independent	10,750	5.13
Invalid/blank votes		2,395	–	2,331	–	2,237	–
Total		211,890	100	208,504	100	218,621	100
Registered voters/turnout		239,593	88.44	239,105	87.20	239,165	91.41
Source: Government of the Maldives, Government of the Maldives

Annullment

Following the original first round on 7 September 2013, the Supreme Court annulled the elections and cancelled the planned second round by a vote of four to three. Voting in favour of the annulment, Judge Ahmed Abdulla Didi referenced a confidential police report that claimed that 5,623 ineligible people had voted in the elections including dead people and others under 18.^[5] The rechecking of voters' registry was carried out in the presence of the staff of Elections Commission and the Police Service. India said it hoped that the voting would be complete by 11 November.^[6]

References

↑ "History – Maldives – located, annual, system". Nationsencyclopedia.com.
↑ "Maldives History". Country-studies.com. 26 July 1965.
↑ "Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest". BBC News. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
↑ "Maldives' VP Hassan Takes Oath as President". Time (Male, Maldives). Associated Press. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
↑ Maldives top court annuls September 7 presidential vote, sets new election Reuters via Yahoo! News, 8 October 2013
↑ Sandeep Dikshit (12 October 2013). "India hopes Maldives will complete polling by Nov. 11". The Hindu.

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Heads of state of the Maldives since 1952

First Republic, 1952–1954	Mohamed Amin Didi Ibrahim Muhammad Didi

Sultanate, 1954–1968	Muhammad Fareed Didi

Second Republic, 1968–	Ibrahim Nasir Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Mohamed Nasheed Mohammed Waheed Hassan Abdulla Yameen

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