Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih served as the president of the Maldives from 2018 to 2023. He is a senior parliamentarian who was the opposition's candidate in the 2018 election. Solih won the election by a significant margin, leading to a peaceful transfer of power. His presidency focused on strengthening ties with India and initiating investigations into corruption and human rights abuses from the previous administration. His party also achieved a strong majority in the 2019 legislative elections. The Maldives is an island country in the Indian Ocean, composed of about 1,200 coral islands and sandbanks. It gained full independence from the British in 1965 and became a republic in 1968.12