Sources: Hindustan Times
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country to the Maldives and declares a state of emergency and a curfew as the military fires tear gas at the protesters. 2022-07-13
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after being seriously injured alongside three other people during an assassination attempt in Malé with a car bomb a week ago. Maldives authorities blame Islamic extremists, amongst whom Nasheed was considered unpopular. 2021-05-13
Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, the Maldives, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the internationally recognized government of Yemen sever diplomatic ties with Qatar, ordering Qatari citizens in those countries to be expelled as well as cutting all land, air and sea connections. "National security," "media incitement" and Qatar's support of Iran are variously cited. 2017-06-5
Voters in the Maldives go to the polls for a presidential election with Abdulla Yameen winning the election with 51.3% of the vote. 2013-11-16
Voters in the Maldives go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election. 2013-11-9
A member of the People’s Majlis, the parliament of the Maldives, is found stabbed to death near his home. 2012-10-2
Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, fails to appear in court and departs on tour for his party. Vice-president Mohammed Waheed Deen, opening an academic conference in Malé, says a nation can achieve democracy by the teachers imparting the relevant information. 2012-10-1
Nasheed later resigns on national television as the unrest spreads with the mutinying officers gaining control of state television. 2012-02-7
The former Vice President of the Maldives Mohammed Waheed Hassan is sworn in vowing to uphold the "rule of law". 2012-02-7