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The Island President is a 2011 documentary film about the efforts of then-President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed to tackle rising sea levels resulting from climate change. [1] Produced by Actual Films and directed by Jon Shenk, [ 2 ] the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival .
He was elected president in the second round, winning 54.04% against the incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's 46.04%. [55] Muizzu was sworn in as the new president on 17 November 2023. [56] [57] Muizzu advocated for Yameen to be held under house arrest, rather than prison, the next day he was elected as president. [58]
Mohamed Nasheed GCSK (Dhivehi: މުހައްމަދު ނަޝީދު; born 17 May 1967), also known as Anni (Dhivehi: އަންނި), is a Maldivian politician and activist who served as president of the Maldives from 2008 until his resignation in 2012. [2]
Maldives elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected directly for a five-year term by the people. The Assembly (Majlis) has 93 members. All members are elected directly for a term of five years from 93 single-member constituencies.
A court in the Maldives on Thursday threw out former President Abdulla Yameen's 11-year prison sentence on money laundering and bribery charges and ordered a retrial. The development comes two ...
Mohamed Muizzu's tenure as the 9th President of the Maldives began with his inauguration on 17 November 2023. Muizzu, a People's National Congress politician who previously served as Housing Minister for two terms under president Mohamed Waheed Hassan and Abdulla Yameen. Muizzu was the Mayor of Malé from 2021 until his resignation in 2023.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (/ ɡ aɪ ˈ j uː m / gah-YOOM; born Abdulla Maumoon Khairi; 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician, statesman, diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008.
The president-elect of the Maldives said he will stick to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he would initiate the process.