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Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (Dhivehi: ޢަބްދުﷲ ޔާމީން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who served as president of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018.
Abdulla Yameen declared a State of emergency where Police forces detained and arrested high-profile politicians and judges such as, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, Ali Hameed Mohamed. [17] [18] Police forces also broke into the Supreme Court. [18]
The commission's decision "that Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom is ineligible as he doesn't meet the conditions stipulated under article 109 is the correct decision," Justice Husnu Al Suood ruled.
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives (2013-2018) As Waheed's presidency came to an end after the 2013 Maldivian presidential election results came out, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was sworn in as the new President. [27] Yameen obtained 53,099 votes while Waheed obtained 10,750. [28]
On 5 February 2018, Gayoom was arrested for planning to overthrow his half-brother Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom's government, along with his son-in-law, Mohamed Nadheem. [249] His arrest occurred amid an emergency martial law declared by then-President Abdulla Yameen, who justified the actions by alleging a conspiracy and coup attempt. [250]
Maldivian presidential assassination attempts have been numerous, ranging from the early twentieth century since the establishment of the first republic of the Maldives.In 1980, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was first Maldivian president to experience an assassination attempt, when three attempts were made to overthrow Maumoon's government and assassinate the president.
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 ...
3 Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom served as Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, and Dr. Aishath Shiham as Minister of Youth and Sports on Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's tenure as president. 4 Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmed is the only person to serve in all cabinets of the last four governments. He is the former vice president in President Abdulla Yameen ...