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Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (Arabic: مأمون عبد القيوم; Dhivehi: މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް) NGIV (born 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician and islamic scholar who served as President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008.
Jan 12, 2024 · Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who became the President of the Maldives in 1978, faced multiple coup attempts during his tenure due to political instability and economic troubles. Two coup attempts were made in 1980 and 1983, but the most significant of these attempts took place on November 3, 1988.
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (born 1937) was one of Asia’s longest serving rulers. He was president of the Maldives from 1978 until 2008, when he was finally elected out of office after a series of protests gained traction in the mid 2000s.
Oct 29, 2008 · Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been Asia's longest-serving leader prior to his historic election defeat in October 2008 at the hands of Mohamed Nasheed. The...
Sep 30, 2018 · A former president of the Maldives has been released on bail after he was arrested earlier this year. The high court ordered the release of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who was arrested at home as...
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (mämōōn´ äb´dōōl gīōōm´), 1937–, Maldivian political leader, president of the Maldives (1978–2008), b. Malé. He studied at Al-Azhar Univ. in Cairo, then was a research assistant at the American Univ., Cairo (1967–69) and taught at Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria, Nigeria (1969–71).
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (އަލްއުސްތާޛް މައުމޫން އަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born December 29, 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar. He was the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008.
Sep 25, 2003 · Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is Asia's longest-serving leader. Gayoom defends his country's brand of limited democracy. But few have heard of him outside the sleepy Indian...
…was succeeded in 1978 by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who was reelected to his sixth consecutive term in 2003. The Maldives became a member of the Commonwealth in 1982 (although it withdrew its membership from 2016 to 2020 amid a political spat).
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. President from 11 November 1978 to 10 November 2008. President’s Speeches.
