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Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom is a Maldivian politician who has been the 6th President of the Maldives since 2013. He left office on 17 November 2018 following his defeat in the 2018 presidential election, in which he sought to win a second 5-year term.Yameen was elected president in the 2013 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party , defeating Maldivian Democratic Party leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed in the second round of the re-run, after the initial election was annulled. He left office on 17 November 2018 following his defeat in the 2018 presidential election, in which he sought to win a second 5-year term. He is the second democratically elected president of the Republic of the Maldives.

✵ 21. May 1959
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“It's now time to bring peace, the people have decided. It's now time for development”

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Quoted on BBC News, "Maldives election: Abdulla Yameen wins run-off vote" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24974019, November 16, 2013.

“We haven’t asked them to stop their protests and any political activity on the streets. We haven’t asked them to put an end to their political attitude. We’ve accepted your grievances without any conditions.”

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Speaking in Alif Dhaal atoll Maamigili, president Yameen reiterated that the repeated invitations to the opposition to join the talks were sincere. He repeatedly called on the opposition to participate in the negotiations in what he described as a way of testing the government’s sincerity, quoted on Haveeru, "Maldives pres says ready to end opposition grievances, insists on talks" http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/67388, March 16, 2015.

“Over the past two years of my presidency, we have made significant achievements concerning our foreign policy. And yes we are prepared to consider targeted action against individuals if further progress isn't made. Former President Nasheed has been imprisoned without due process. And that is an injustice that must be addressed soon.”

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Abdulla Yameen, the 6th pesident and current president of the Maldives, Haveeru (February 4, 2016), "Maldives pres pledges closer global ties, insists no place for interference" http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/66150?e=en_ht

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