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Mohammed Waheed Hassan
Politician
1953 –
Who is Mohammed Waheed Hassan?
Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik is the President of the Maldives, in office since 2012. 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. President Waheed is considered to be among most influential and popular political leader in Maldives.
On 7 February 2012, he assumed the office of President following the disputed resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1953
Malé - Also known as
- Vahid Hasan
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Maldives
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- Stanford Graduate School of Education
- American University of Beirut
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on July 23, 2013
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