President of the Maldives

The president of the Republic of Maldives (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, romanized: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Raeesuljumhooriyyaa) is the head of state and head of government of the Maldives, and the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Maldives National Defence Force. Under the Constitution of the Maldives, the president is vested with executive power and must exercise it in accordance with the Constitution.

The president is directly elected by universal and secret suffrage for a five-year term. The voting system used for presidential elections is a two-round majority system. Consequently, a candidate must receive more than 50 per cent of the vote to be elected; if no candidate obtains the required majority, a run-off election is held. No person elected to the office of the president may serve more than two terms, consecutive or otherwise. Each presidential candidate contests the election with a vice-presidential running mate.

The office of the presidency was first instituted in 1953, following a constitutional referendum in which the Maldives briefly transitioned from a monarchy to a republic, with Mohamed Amin Didi serving as the nation's first elected president. The monarchy was subsequently restored in 1954, before being abolished following a second constitutional referendum in 1968. The present republican system dates from 11 November 1968, when Ibrahim Nasir became the first president of the Second Republic.

The current president is Mohamed Muizzu, who assumed office on 17 November 2023 after defeating the then incumbent president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the 2023 Maldivian presidential election. Muizzu received 54.04 per cent of the valid votes in the second round of the election.