List of heads of state of the Maldives

Huraa dynasty (first restoration)

Name Regnal Name Monarch from Monarch until Notes
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen II Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 17741774Uncle of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din.
Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 17741779Son of Sultan Hasan 'Izz ud-din. Popularly known as Kalhu Bandaarain
Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 17791799Brother of Sultan Muhammad Mu'iz ud-din.
Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 17991835Son of Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen I.
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV Kula Sudha Ira Siyaaka Saasthura Audha Keerithi Katthiri Bovana 18351882Son of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I.
Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 18821886Abdicated in favor of his nephew Muhammad Mueenuddeen.
Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen II Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 18861888Abdicated in favour of his uncle the former Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen.
Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 18881892Second reign.
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 18921893His cousin Hassan Nooreddine Maandhoogey Manippulu acted as his regent due to his age. The regent abdicated in his name in favour of his older half brother.
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 18931893Brother of Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen V. His cousin Hassan Nooreddine Maandhoogey Manippulu acted as his regent due to his age. His cousin abdicated in his name and assumed the throne himself.
Sultan Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 18931902Former regent for Sultans Muhammad Imaaduddeen V and Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. Deposed while in the Ottoman Empire.
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III Kula Sundhura Katthiri Bavana 19021934Second reign which ended when he was deposed and exiled.
Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II Kula Sudha Ira Siyaaka Saasthura Audha Keerithi Katthiri Bavana 19351943Forced to abdicate.
Interregnum 19441952Abdul Majeed Didi was elected Sultan but was never installed and continued to live in Ceylon. Maldives ruled by Council of Regency headed for a time by former Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II. Following the death of Abdul Majeed, and after a national referendum, the Maldives became a republic.

First Republic of Maldives

Huraa dynasty (second restoration)

Name Regnal Name Monarch from Monarch until Notes
Sultan Sir Muhammad Fareed Didi Keerithi Maha Radun (no coronation) 19541968Grandson of Muhammad Mueenuddeen II. Took the title of King Muhammad Fareed Didi in 1965, when the British protectorate of the Maldives ended. Deposed by a national referendum which decided to replace the sultanate with a republic.

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)
1 Mohamed Amin Didi
(1910–1954)
1952 1 January 1953 2 September 1953 244 days Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party Ibrahim Muhammad Didi
Ibrahim Muhammad Didi
(1902–1981)
2 September 1953 7 March 1954 186 days Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party Vacant
Sultanate of the Maldives (1954–1968)
Post abolished
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
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
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
4 Mohamed Nasheed
(1967–)
2008 11 November 2008 7 February 2012 3 years, 88 days Maldivian Democratic Party Mohammed Waheed Hassan
5 Mohammed Waheed Hassan
(1953–)
7 February 2012 17 November 2013 1 year, 283 days Gaumee Itthihaad Mohammed Waheed Deen
6 Abdulla Yameen
(1959–)
2013 17 November 2013 17 November 2018 5 years Progressive Party of Maldives Mohamed Jameel Ahmed
Ahmed Adeeb
Abdulla Jihad
7 Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
(1964–)
2018 17 November 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 81 days Maldivian Democratic Party Faisal Naseem

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