President of the Maldives

President of the Republic of Maldives
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Incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih since 17 November 2018
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Residence	Mulee'aage
Seat	The President's Office
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Maldives
Formation	1 January 1953 (1953-01-01)
First holder	Mohamed Amin Didi
Final holder	Yaameen Abdul Gayyoom
Deputy	Faisal Naseem
Salary	MVR 100,000 monthly
Website	www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv

The president of the Maldives (Template:Lang-dv) is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Maldives and the commander-in-chief of the Maldives National Defence Force.

The current president is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih elected in 2018 by a majority of 58.4%, taking the government from Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

Key

Political parties

•   Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party
•   Independent
•   Maldivian Democratic Party
•   Gaumee Itthihaad
•   Progressive Party of Maldives
•   Jumhooree Party

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party	Vice President
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Presidents of the First Republic (1953–1954)
style="background:Template:Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party/meta/color" |1		Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954)	1952	1 January 1953	2 September 1953	244 days	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party	style="background:Template:Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party/meta/color"|	Ibrahim Muhammad Didi
style="background:Template:Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party/meta/color" |—		Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (1902–1981)	—	2 September 1953	7 March 1954	186 days	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party	Vacant
Sultanate of the Maldives (1954–1968)
—		Muhammad Fareed Didi (1901–1969) Sultan (King from 1965)	—	7 March 1954	11 November 1968	14 years, 249 days	The Royal Family	—
Presidents of the Second Republic (1968–present)
Post restored
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |2		Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008)	1968	11 November 1968	11 November 1973	10 years	Independent	Office abolished
1973			11 November 1973	11 November 1978	Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi Ahmad Hilmy Didi Ibrahim Shihab Ali Maniku
rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |3		Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1937–)	1978	11 November 1978	11 November 1983	30 years	Independent (until 21 February 2005)	Office abolished
1983			11 November 1983	11 November 1988
1988			11 November 1988	11 November 1993
1993			11 November 1993	11 November 1998
1998			11 November 1998	11 November 2003
2003			11 November 2003	11 November 2008	Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party
style="background:Template:Maldivian Democratic Party/meta/color" |4		Mohamed Nasheed (1967–)	2008	11 November 2008	7 February 2012	3 years, 88 days	Maldivian Democratic Party	style="background:Template:Gaumee Itthihaad/meta/color"|	Mohammed Waheed Hassan
style="background:Template:Gaumee Itthihaad/meta/color" |5		Mohammed Waheed Hassan (1953–)	—	7 February 2012	17 November 2013	1 year, 283 days	Gaumee Itthihaad	style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Mohammed Waheed Deen
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Progressive Party of Maldives/meta/color" |6		Abdulla Yameen (1959–)	2013	17 November 2013	17 November 2018	5 years	Progressive Party of Maldives	style="background:Template:Progressive Party of Maldives/meta/color" |	Mohamed Jameel Ahmed
style="background:Template:Progressive Party of Maldives/meta/color" |								Ahmed Adeeb
style="background:Template:Progressive Party of Maldives/meta/color" |								Abdulla Jihad
style="background:Template:Maldivian Democratic Party/meta/color" |7		Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1964–)	2018	17 November 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 354 days	Maldivian Democratic Party	style="background:Template:Jumhooree Party/meta/color" |	Faisal Naseem

Latest election

Main article: 2018 Maldivian presidential election

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
bgcolor=Template:Maldivian Democratic Party/meta/color|	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih	Maldivian Democratic Party	134,616	58.34
bgcolor=Template:Progressive Party of Maldives/meta/color|	Abdulla Yameen	Progressive Party of Maldives	96,132	41.66
Invalid/blank votes			3,129	–
Total			233,877	100
Registered voters/turnout			262,135	89.22
Source: PSM

See also

• Politics of the Maldives
• History of the Maldives
• List of sultans of the Maldives
• List of head of state of the Maldives
• Prime Minister of the Maldives
• Vice President of the Maldives
• First Lady of the Maldives