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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 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.
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.
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 .
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 ...
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Mohamed Muizzu, the 8th and current President of the Maldives, since he assumed the presidency on 17 November 2023. As of January 2025, Mohamed Muizzu has made 11 trips to 7 countries. World map highlighting countries visited by Mohamed Muizzu during his presidency, as of January 2025
He held many post throughout his career at the ministry and was appointed as Minister of Trade and Industries on 11 November 1993 under president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. [5] As the Trade Minister, Yameen helped Maldives become part of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and other international trade and investment organisations. [5]
In 2016, the Maldives left the Commonwealth of Nations after alleged human rights abuses where the government said that they were treated "unjustly and unfairly." [ 14 ] In 2017, Yameen Rasheed , a blogger known for his satirical commentaries on Maldivian politicians and religious extremists was found dead with 34 stab wounds, he previously ...