The
president heads the executive branch and appoints
the cabinet.
The president is nominated to a five-year term by
a secret ballot of the Majlis
(parliament), a nomination which must be confirmed
by national referendum.
The
unicameral
Majlis is composed of 48 members serving five-year
terms. Two male members from each atoll are elected directly
by universal
suffrage. Eight are appointed by the president.
The
Maldivian legal system, derived mainly from traditional
Islamic law, is administered by secular officials,
a chief justice, and lesser judges on each of the
19 atolls, who are appointed by the president and
function under the Ministry of Justice. There also
is an attorney
general. Each inhabited island within an atoll
has a chief who is responsible for law and order.
Every atoll chief, appointed by the president, functions
as a district officer in the British South Asian tradition.read
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Government
and Political Conditions
A 1968 referendum approved the constitution, making
Maldives a republic with executive, legislative, and
judicial branches of government. The constitution
was amended in 1970, 1972, and 1975 and is again under
revision.
Ibrahim
Nasir, Prime Minister under the pre-1968 sultanate,
became President and held office from 1968 to 1978.
He was succeeded by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who was
elected President in 1978 and reelected in 1983, 1988,
1993, 1998, and again in October 2003. The president
heads the executive branch and appoints the cabinet.
Nominated to a 5-year term by a secret ballot of the
Majlis (Parliament), the president must be confirmed
by a national referendum. read
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| Principal
Government Officials |
President--Maumoon
Abdul Gayoom
Minister of Defense and National Security--Ismail
Shafeeu
Minister of Finance and Treasury--Mohamed Jaleel
Minister of Home Affairs--Umar Zahir
Foreign Secretary--Hameed Zakariyya
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Ministries
The
President's Office
Ministry
of Home Affairs, Housing and Environment
Ministry
of Human Resources Employment and Labour
Ministry
of Planning and National Development
Ministry
of Communication Science and Technology
Ministry
of Education
Ministry
of Fisheries Agriculture and Marine Resources
Ministry
of Health
Ministry
of Tourism
Ministry
of Trade and Industries
Ministry
of Transport and Civil Aviation
Ministry
of Women's Affairs and Social Security
Ministry
of Defence and National Security
Ministry
of Information
Ministry
of Employment and Labour
Government
Managed Departments
