Senate of the Maldives

Senate of the Maldives
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of People
History
FoundedJanuary 1953
DisbandedJanuary 1954
Preceded byUnicameral Majlis
Succeeded byUnicameral Majlis
Leadership
President
Seats18
This article is part of a series on the
Politics of the
Maldives
Government
Executive
President of the Maldives
Mohamed Muizzu

Vice President of the Maldives
Hussain Mohamed Latheef

Legislature

People's Majlis
Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla
Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim

Parliament Members
Judiciary
Chief Justice
Ahmed Muthasim Adnan
Elections
National elections

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

Referendums

Political parties
Government

Others

Administrative divisions
Administrative divisions of the Maldives
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister Moosa Zameer

The Senate of the Maldives was the upper house of parliament in the Maldives during the First Republic of the Maldives.

The republican constitution was adopted on 1 January 1953.[1] It introduced a bicameral parliament including Senate as upper chamber and House of People as lower chamber.[2] Mohamed Amin Didi was elected as the first president.[1]

The Senate had 18 members.[1] Nine members were elected by the House of People and nine members were appointed by the President of the Maldives.[3] Fatima Ibrahim Didi was the President of the Senate.[4][5]

The republican constitution was abolished on 5 January 1954. A subsequent referendum in January 1954 reintroduced Sultanate of the Maldives[6] and a unicameral parliament.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Zahir, Azim (29 November 2021). Islam and Democracy in the Maldives: Interrogating Reformist Islam's Role in Politics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000505030.[page needed]
  2. ^ Office of Commonwealth Relations (1953). The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book. Vol. 3. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 191.
  3. ^ Razee, Husna (2000). "Gender and Development in the Maldives" (PDF). UNFPA. UN Theme Group on Gender. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "FACT-CHECK: Who Was The First Female Minister of Maldives?". MV+. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ Malsa, Mariyam (28 March 2019). "Female parliamentarians: Setting the bar for future generations". The Edition. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  6. ^ Tan, Kevin YL; Hoque, Ridwanul, eds. (28 January 2021). Constitutional Foundings in South Asia. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781509930272. [page needed]
  7. ^ Samararatne, Dinesha; Daly, Tom Gerald, eds. (23 January 2024). Democratic Consolidation and Constitutional Endurance in Asia and Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780192899347.


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