Senate of the Maldives

Senate of the Maldives

Type
Type	Upper house
Houses	Senate House of People
History
Founded	January 1953
Disbanded	January 1954
Preceded by	Unicameral Majlis
Succeeded by	Unicameral Majlis
Leadership
President	Fatima Ibrahim Didi 1953-1954
Seats	18

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The Senate of the Maldives was the upper house of parliament in the Maldives during the First Republic of the Maldives.

The republican constitution was adopted on 1 January 1953.^[1] It introduced a bicameral parliament including Senate as upper chamber and House of People as lower chamber.^[2] Mohamed Amin Didi was elected as the first president.^[1]

The Senate had 18 members.^[1] Nine members were elected by the House of People and nine members were appointed by the President of the Maldives.^[3] Fatima Ibrahim Didi was the President of the Senate.^[4]^[5]

The republican constitution was abolished on 5 January 1954. A subsequent referendum in January 1954 reintroduced Sultanate of the Maldives^[6] and a unicameral parliament.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Zahir, Azim (29 November 2021). "Islam and Democracy in the Maldives: Interrogating Reformist Islam's Role in Politics". Routledge.
^ Great Britain Office of Commonwealth Relations (1953). "The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book". H.M. Stationery Office.
^ Razee, Husna. "Gender and Development in the Maldives" (PDF). UN Theme Group on Gender.
^ "FACT-CHECK: Who Was The First Female Minister of Maldives?". MV+.
^ "Female parliamentarians: Setting the bar for future generations". The Edition.
^ Tan, Kevin YL; Hoque, Ridwanul (28 January 2021). "Constitutional Foundings in South Asia". Bloomsbury Publishing.
^ Daly, Tom Gerald; Samararatne, Dinesha (15 May 2024). "Democratic Consolidation and Constitutional Endurance in Asia and Africa: Comparing Uneven Pathways". Oxford University Press.