[3] Following the establishment of the first republic, Ibrahim Muhammad Didi was appointed vice president through the 1952 referendum.
However, the republic did not last long when the regime of Mohamed Amin Didi was overthrown by the people of Malé.
[4] President Ibrahim Nasir appointed five vice presidents; Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi, Ahmed Hilmy Didi, Ibrahim Shihab, Ali Maniku and Hassan Zareer.
[7] In 2015, Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, then Vice President of the Maldives, was impeached following a no-confidence motion submitted by the ruling party.
[9][10] Abdulla Jihad was then appointed as Vice President and served until the end of Yameen's presidential term.
The incumbent vice president is Hussain Mohamed Latheef, who assumed office on 17 November 2023.