We appreciate the assistance provided by the Chinese government, which has made the dream of the Maldivian people a reality.

Abdulla Yameen

Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (Dhivehi: ??????? ?????? ???????? ???????? Arabic: ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ??????????; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who was the 6th President of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018. 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. As of February 2020, he was imprisoned in Maafushi Prison for money-laundering crimes.Yameen was elected president in the 2013 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party (PPM), defeating Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed in the second round of the re-run, after the initial election was annulled. He was the second democratically elected president of the Republic of the Maldives.

All Abdulla Yameen quotes | Abdulla Yameen Books