1953 Maldivian constitutional referendum

Vice President of the MaldivesHussain Mohamed Latheef People's Majlis Speaker Abdul Raheem AbdullaDeputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim Presidential elections Parliamentary elections Referendums Others Minister Moosa Zameer A constitutional referendum was held in the Maldives in August 1953.

[1] The proposed amendments would result in the country becoming a sultanate again.

This would reverse the outcome of a referendum the previous year, which resulted in the country becoming a republic.

The 1953 referendum was held after the new republican government was overthrown after just a few months.

[2] The proposals were approved by voters, and Muhammad Fareed Didi was proclaimed as Sultan on 6 March 1954.