| Dates |
Title |
Name |
Photo |
Manner of succession |
Deputy
|
| 1954 (1965) - 1968 |
Sultan |
Muhammad Fareed Didi |
 |
Election |
P.M. Ibrahim Nasir
|
| 1968-1978 |
President |
Ibrahim Nasir |
 |
Election |
P.M. Ahmed Zaki (until 1975)
|
| 1978-1984 |
President |
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
 |
Election |
|
| 1984-1985 |
President |
Ibrahim Nasir |
|
Coup d'état |
Abdullah Luthufi
|
| 1985-1989 |
President |
Abdullah Luthufi |
|
Reshuffling within junta |
Ibrahim Nasir
|
| 1989-2007 |
President |
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
|
Coup d'état |
|
| 2007-2009 |
Sultan |
|
Self-proclamation |
|
| 2009-2017 |
President |
Mohamed Nasheed |
|
Coup d'état |
V.P. Mohammed Waheed Hassan
|
| 2017-2018 |
Director of the Provisional Government |
Ilham Hussain |
|
Popular revolt |
|
| 2018-Present |
President |
Ahmed "Sappé" Moosa |
|
Election |
V.P. Faisal Naseem
|
