# Presidency of Mohamed Muizzu

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Mohamed Muizzu's tenure as the 9th President of the Maldives began with his inauguration on 17 November 2023. Muizzu, a People's National Congress politician who previously served as Housing Minister for two terms under president Mohamed Waheed Hassan and Abdulla Yameen. Muizzu was the Mayor of Malé from 2021 until his resignation in 2023.
During his presidency, Muizzu has overseen many things, such as Independence and Sovereignty, Housing and infrastructural development, Wellness and a Compassionate Society and other several things.

## 2023 elections

Progressive Party of Maldives announced candidacy for president as Abdulla Yameen, but due to his corruption and money laundering charges, he was sentenced in 2018 to 11 years in prison and he was ineligible to appear on the ballot. Muizzu was nominated as the presidential candidate for the People's National Congress, with parliament member, Hussain Mohamed Latheef as his running mate.
During his election campaign, Muizzu have pledged many things and projects, such as building the Addu Bridge, Rasmalé project, Economy and Environment, Independence and Sovereignty and Islam and Nationalism.
Muizzu won the 2023 Maldivian presidential election with a vote of 129,159 or 54.04%, defeating then-president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

## Inauguration

The Inauguration of Mohamed Muizzu as the 9th President of the Republic of the Maldives, was held on the Republic Square on 17 November 2023.

### Inaugural Speech

During his inaugural speech after taking the oath as president, Muizzu turned to face the national flag at the Republic Square. After a brief pause, he turned back to address the attendees and continued with his speech, saying a poem on the flag.

## Administration
### Cabinet

President Muizzu's cabinet include 22 ministers. The new government created two new ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare and Ministry of Cities, Local Government, and Public Works the two ministries were handed to Aishath Rameela and Adam Shareef.
President Muizzu sent the names of the Cabinet Ministers to Parliament for parliamentary approval in November 2023. In January 2024, the parliament voted to deny approval to three cabinet Ministers, Islamic Minister, Mohamed Shaheem and Minister of Housing, Land and Urban Development, Ali Haidar Ahmed, Attorney General, Ahmed Usham, Which president Muizzu re-appoint the three Ministers again.

## India-Maldives backlash

In January 2024, India and Maldives faced a diplomatic row, 3 Deputy Ministers of the Ministry of Youth, Empowerment, Information and Arts tweeted against Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, which led the Maldivian government to suspend the three deputy Ministers. It led Indians to boycott the Maldives and promoting local Indian islands, Lakshadweep.

## Foreign Policy
### Relations with Turkey

In November 2023, President Muizzu went on his first international presidential trip to Turkey, accepting the invitation by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The two leaders held official talks during the visit. During the official talks, President Erdoğan congratulated President Muizzu on his election victory and being sworn in as the eighth president of the Maldives. Following the official talks, the two leaders witnessed the signing of an "Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation Between the Government of the Maldives and the Government of Turkey".

### United States

The United States has been seen as a "close friend" in the Muizzu government. Administrator Samantha Power leaded the United States Presidential Delegation to the Maldives to attend the inauguration of Muizzu. Previously, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer had official talks.

### India

President Muizzu's presidential campaign focused on reducing Indian influence in Maldivian affairs, Muizzu's first 100 day plan included withdrawal of Indian troops in the Maldives. In February 2024, Muizzu said that all Indian troops should leave the Maldives before May 10th of 2024. He also said that "We may be small. But that doesn’t give you the license to bully us".

### China

President Muizzu went to China, accepting the invitation by president Xi Jinping. During the presidential election, observers described Muizzu as "a pro-Chinese candidate".