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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]
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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]
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.