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Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
ޢަބްދުﷲ ޔާމީން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް
Official portrait, 2015
6th President of the Maldives
In office 17 November 2013 – 17 November 2018
Vice President
Mohamed Jameel Ahmed (2013–2015)
Ahmed Adeeb (2015)
Abdulla Jihad (2016–2018)
Preceded by
Mohammed Waheed Hassan
Succeeded by
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Personal details
Born
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
(1959-05-21) 21 May 1959 (age 64) Reendhoomaage, Malé, Maldives
Political party
People's National Front (since 2023)
Other political affiliations
Progressive Party of Maldives (2011–2023)
People's National Congress (affiliated non-member, 2019–2023)
People's Alliance (2008–2011)
Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (until 2008)
Spouse
Fathimath Ibrahim
Children
3
Alma mater
American University of Beirut
Claremont Graduate University
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.
Yameen was elected president in the 2013 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party (PPM), defeating Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed in the second round of the re-run, after the initial election was annulled.[1] He was the second democratically elected president of the Republic of the Maldives. Yameen's presidential tenure oversaw a number of infrastructure development projects, such as airports and healthcare facilities, most of which were financed through loans from the Chinese government. His presidency was rife with allegations of human rights infringements and corruption. He left office on 17 November 2018 following his defeat in the 2018 presidential election to Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.[2][3][4]
Following his departure from office, Yameen was charged with corruption and money laundering in connection to the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation scandal, and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
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coalition. Solih assumed office on 17 November 2018, following the end of AbdullaYameen's 5-year term. Solih became the 7th president of the Maldives, and the...
was a coup d'état amidst the 2011–12 Maldives political crisis) and AbdullaYameen, paternal half-brother of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Incumbent...
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president AbdullaYameen. In September 2003, an uprising broke out at the prison, which resulted in the deaths of inmates Hassan Evan Naseem and Abdulla Amin...
founded by Fonadhoo MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla with support from Yameen, and was also joined by Faafu Nilandhoo MP Abdulla Khaleel. The PPM and PNC would later...
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture on Waheed's tenure as president. 3 AbdullaYameen Abdul Gayoom served as Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, and Dr...
held in the Maldives on Sunday, 23 September 2018. Incumbent president AbdullaYameen of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) was seeking re-election for...
combined to gain a majority. AbdullaYameen, half-brother of the former president Maumoon, assumed the presidency. Yameen implemented a foreign policy...
It culminated in the conviction and imprisonment of former president AbdullaYameen. The embezzlement began ahead of the 2014 Maldivian parliamentary election...
representing the People's Alliance party (PA), headed by ex-President AbdullaYameen. In 2014, he was a parliament member (MP) representing the Progressive...
ex-President Mohamed of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) narrowly lost and AbdullaYameen of PPM was elected as new president of Maldives. In the 2018 presidential...
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connection with a 28 September 2015 bomb attack which targeted President AbdullaYameen. On 5 November, Adeeb was removed from office as vice president by a...
and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom after disagreements with AbdullaYameen about the direction of the Progressive Party of Maldives. On 24 May...
observers. In the re-run vote AbdullaYameen, half-brother of the former president Maumoon, assumed the presidency. Yameen survived an assassination attempt...
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed was disqualified from Supreme Court bench on June 20, 2018, President AbdullaYameen nominated Justice Abdulla Didi as the new...
the results of the first round. In a rescheduled second round vote, AbdullaYameen secured 51.3% of the vote compared to Nasheed's 48.6%. Nasheed conceded...
A political crisis in the Maldives intensified on after President AbdullaYameen decided to disobey the Supreme Court order to release 9 political prisoners...
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Housing Minister for two terms under president Mohamed Waheed Hassan and AbdullaYameen. Muizzu was the Mayor of Malé from 2021 until his resignation in 2023...
coalition with the Progressive Party of Maldives, supporting its candidate, AbdullaYameen, in the presidential elections. In the 2014 parliamentary elections...
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