List of presidents of the Maldives

"Presidents of the Maldives" redirects here. For the post itself, see President of the Maldives.

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]

Muliaage, official residence of the President

The President's Office, office of the President

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.^[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.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Party		Term in office		Vice President	Election
					Took office	Left office
1		Mohamed Amin (1910–1954) [10]		Muthagaddim	1 January 1953	21 August 1953	Ibrahim Muhammad Didi	1952
Vacant (21 August 1953 – 2 September 1953)
–		Ibrahim Muhammad (1902–1981)		Muthagaddim	2 September 1953	7 March 1954	Vacant	–
Position abolished (7 March 1954 – 11 November 1968)[a]
2		Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008) [11]		Independent	11 November 1968	11 November 1978[b]	Vacant until 1973 Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi[12][13] Ahmed Hilmy Didi Ibrahim Shihab Ali Maniku[14] Hassan Zareer[15]	1968 1973
3		Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (b. 1937) [16]		Independent People's	11 November 1978	11 November 2008	Vacant	1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003
4		Mohamed Nasheed (b. 1967) [17]		Democratic	11 November 2008	7 February 2012[c]	Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik	2008
5		Mohamed Waheed (b. 1953) [19]		Itthihaad	7 February 2012[d]	17 November 2013	Vacant until 25 April 2012 Mohamed Waheeduddeen[e]	–
6		Abdulla Yameen (b. 1959) [23]		Progressive	17 November 2013	17 November 2018	Mohamed Jameel[f] Ahmed Adeeb[g] Vacant[h] Abdulla Jihad[i]	2013
7		Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (b. 1962) [28]		Democratic	17 November 2018	17 November 2023	Faisal Naseem	2018
8		Mohamed Muizzu (b. 1978) [29]		Congress	17 November 2023	Incumbent	Hussain Mohamed Latheef	2023

Timeline

See also: List of Maldivian presidents by age

See also

• President of the Maldives
• List of Maldivian presidents by age
• Politics of the Maldives
• List of vice presidents of the Maldives

Notes

1. Monarchy restablished, Muhammad Fareed Didi ruled as king of the Maledives in that period (1954–1968). From 1958 until 1963 Abdullah Afeef was president of the break-away state United Suvadive Republic.
2. Resigned from office
3. Resigned from office^[18]
4. Mohamed Waheed succeeded to the presidency upon the resignation of Mohamed Nasheed^[20]
5. Appointed vice president under terms of the Article 122 of the constitution of the Maldives^[21][22]
6. Removed from power on 11 May 2013 by president Yameen by a vote taken in the People's Majlis^[24]
7. 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]
8. From 5 November 2015 until 22 June 2016
9. Appointed as vice president under terms of the Article 122 of the constitution of the Maldives^[26][27]