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 The vice president of the Republic of Maldives (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ ނާއިބު, romanized: dhivehiraajjeyge raeesuljumhooriyyaage naaibu) is the second-highest official in the executive branch of the government of the Maldives, after the president of the Maldives, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

[3] Under the new constitution, Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan of the Gaumee Itthihaad Party became the first elected Vice President of Maldives and was sworn into office on November 11, 2008.

[4] Dr. Waheed was the senior most Maldivian in the United Nations when he retired from it in June 2008, in order to return to the Maldives and become politically active.

Dr. Waheed was the First Maldivian to receive a PhD having done so from the prestigious Stanford University, having specialized in International Development.

[5] He has been involved in politics in Maldives since 1989 when we won a Parliamentary seat with the highest number of votes recorded up to that point.