Mohammed Waheed Hassan Politician

Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik (Dhivehi: ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު ޙަސަން މަނިކު; born 3 January 1953) was the 5th (interim) President of the Maldives from 7 February 2012 to 17 November 2013, after the disputed resignation of the 4th President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed. He has worked as a news anchor, a United Nations official with UNICEF, UNDP and UNESCO, and a member of the Maldivian Parliament. Waheed was the first citizen of the Maldives to receive a Ph.D. having received it at Stanford University in the U.S., and reportedly the first person to appear on Maldivian television. He was Vice President of the Maldives from 2008 to 2012.On 7 February 2012, he assumed the office of President following the disputed resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed.

Personal facts

Mohammed Waheed Hassan
Birth dateJanuary 03, 1923
Birth place
Maldives , Malé
Religion
Islam
Education
American University of Beirut
Stanford Graduate School of Education
Spouse
Ilham Hussain

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Office holder

office
5th President of the Maldives
Vice President of the Maldives
party
Gaumee Itthihaad
president
successor
Mohammed Waheed Deen
Abdulla Yameen
vice president
Mohammed Waheed Dean

Topical connections

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