President of the Maldives

President of the Republic of Maldives
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Incumbent Mohammed Waheed Hassan since 7 February 2012
Term length	Five years per term
Inaugural holder	Amir Muhammad Amin Didi
Formation	1 January 1953
Website	presidencymaldives.gov.mv

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The President of the Maldives is the Head of State and Head of Government and first citizen of the Republic of Maldives and the Commander-in-Chief of the Maldives National Defence Force.

The current President is Mohammed Waheed Hassan, since the resignation of Mohamed Nasheed on 7 February 2012.

List of Presidents of the Maldives

      Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party       The Royal Family       Maldivian Democratic Party       Gaumee Itthihaad Party

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term
	Romanized	Picture
Presidents of the First Republic (1953–1954)
1	Mohamed Amin Didi		1 January 1953	2 September 1953	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party	Ibrahim Muhammad Didi	1
—	Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (Acting)		2 September 1953	7 March 1954	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party	vacant	—
Post abolished[citation needed]
Sultanate of Maldives (1954–1968)
—	Muhammad Fareed Didi (Sultan)		7 March 1954	11 November 1968	The Royal Family	—	—
Post restored[citation needed]
Presidents of the Second Republic (1968–present)
2	Ibrahim Nasir		11 November 1968	11 November 1973	Independent	vacant	2
			11 November 1973	11 November 1978			3
3	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom		11 November 1978	11 November 1983	Independent	vacant	4
			11 November 1983	11 November 1988			5
			11 November 1988	11 November 1993			6
			11 November 1993	11 November 1998			7
			11 November 1998	11 November 2003			8
			11 November 2003	11 November 2008			9
4	Mohamed Nasheed		11 November 2008	7 February 2012	Maldivian Democratic Party	Mohammed Waheed Hassan	10
5	Mohammed Waheed Hassan		7 February 2012	Incumbent	Gaumee Itthihaad Party	Mohamed Waheeduddeen (pending confirmation from Majlis)'	—

Latest election

Main article: Maldivian presidential election, 2008

Maldivian presidential election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Running mate	First round		Second round
				Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic-Alliance	Mohamed Nasheed	Mohammed Waheed Hassan	44,293	24.91%	97,222	53.65%
	Dhivehi Rayyithunge	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (inc.)	Ahmed Thasmeen Ali	71,731	40.34%	82,121	45.32%
	Independent	Hassan Saeed	Ahmed Shaheed	29,633	16.67%
	Republican	Qasim Ibrahim	Ahmed Ali Sawaad	27,056	15.22%
	Islamic Democratic	Umar Naseer	Ahmed Rizwy	2,472	1.39%
	Social Liberal	Ibrahim Ismail	Fathimath Nahid Shakir	1,382	0.77%
Invalid or blank votes				1,235	0.69%	1,861	1.03%
Totals				177,802	100.00%	181,204	100.00%
Voter turnout				85.38%		86.58%

See also

• List of sultans of the Maldives