Mohammed Waheed Hassan
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Mohamed Waheed Manik (born 3 January 1953) was the Maldives' fifth President from 2012 to 2013, winning office following President Mohamed Nasheed's controversial resignation, under whomDistinguished Vice President Mohamed Nasheed served as the Maldives' first Vice President in over a half-century since 2008.
He served as a news anchor, a UNICEF, UNDP, and UNESCO official, as well as a member of Maldivian Parliament.
Waheed was the first person of the Maldives to earn a Ph.D., having obtained it at Stanford University in the United States, and was reportedly the first individual to appear on Maldivian Television. Following the departure of the incumbent, Mohamed Nasheed, in a situation that has yet to be fully explained, he assumed the presidency on February 7, 2012, which was triggered by circumstances that have not been fully explained.
Waheed is accused of colluding with the opposition in order to force Nasheed's resignation.
Walking President Waheed was the first Maldivian Vice President to have fully succeeded in office, and he was scheduled to serve for the remainder of his term until November 2013. During his brief tenure as a president in office, he was one of the Maldives' most unpopular presidents.
He lost by a wide margin and finished as the least voted of the four contenders in the 2013 election, receiving only over 5% of the vote.
The results of that election were later annulled, however, and a re-run was held, but Waheed refused to run again for office. He was to date the oldest person to have served as President of the Maldives at the age of 59 years and having left it at the age of 60 years and ten months.
Early life and education
Hassan Ibrahim Maniku and Aishath Moosa were born Waheed. He was the first of ten children. President Waheed attended the American University of Beirut for four years, spending two years in the midst of the Lebanese civil war; obtaining a bachelor's degree in English Language as well as a teaching certificate. President Waheed returned home to the Maldives in 1976 and began teaching the language at Jamaaludheen School in Male (the Maldives' capital). President Waheed supervised many students who would be highly influential in Maldivian society both in the government and in the private sector. Yoosuf Rafeeu (commonly known as Yoosay), as well as government officials, including former Executive Secretary to the Parliament Abdulla Shahid, are among his students. President Waheed also instructed many senior civil servants, including the current Elections Commissioner and Minister of Presidential Affairs Mohammed Hussein. President Waheed also helped develop the first English language curriculum in Maldivian schools during this period.
President Waheed was granted a full scholarship to Stanford University in the United States by September 1976. After finishing his master's degree in education planning in 1979, he returned to the Maldives in order to begin working for the Ministry of Education. Since graduating, he remained in the United States for two years due to the inability of his newly born son's medical care. And though he had the opportunity to remain in the United States, he returned home, working as a project manager for a technology company in San Francisco. Due to political reasons, he returned to Addu.
He came from Addu (at the end of 1988) and became the Minister of Education's director of educational services. Although the Education Minister was not confirmed, he was put in charge of the Ministry for many months. During this period, he served as a member of the National Council for Dhivehivehive Language and Literature, a member of the Atolls Development Advisory board, and a member of the Maldives Youth Council.
Early political career
Waheed was appointed by long-serving President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to the Constitutional Assembly in 2003 to amend the country's constitution. When Waheed learned that Parliament would not be able to make dramatic changes, he left the Maldives to complete his education in Stanford University, where he was the first Maldivian to obtain a PhD.
He returned and stood for Parliament after completing his education. Waheed protested Gayoom's brother-in-law, Ilyas Ibrahim, in 1989. Despite this resistance, Waheed secured the seat.
Due to Waheed's vacillating political position, a video song titled 'Waheed Come and Waheed Go' was reportedly made by Mohamed Shareef (Mundu) to the tune of Cotton Eye Joe, which later became viral.
United Nations career
Waheed left Maldives in 1992 and joined UNICEF in Tanzania and then Bangladesh, then Bangladesh. He will be transferred to UN Headquarters in New York later this year and as a senior advisor coordinating global policy for UNICEF. He was born in 2001 and moved to UNICEF South Asia, based in Kathmandu, Nepal, where he oversaw development for the region. He was later named head of UNICEF Afghanistan.
Waheed was recalled to New York soon after as the UNICEF representative and the Associate Director to the UNDCO. Waheed resigned from the United Nations and returned home to try to play a part in the country's democratic transition. However, as his funds were depleted and as he felt the main opposition party began to favour a more militant strategy, Waheed returned to the United Nations, where he served on short-term assignments. Waheed was the head of UNICEF South Asia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkmenistan during his time in UNICEF.