Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party Explained

Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party
Native Name:	ރައްޔިތުންގެ މުތަޤައްދިމް ޕާޓީ
Leader:	Mohamed Amin Didi
Foundation:	19 October 1950; 73 years ago
Dissolved:	1954
Headquarters:	Malé, Maldives
Ideology:	Nationalism Republicanism
Country:	Maldives

Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party (English: Peoples' Progressive Party, or Peoples' Progress Party) was the first ever political party formed in the Maldives.^[1]

Despite Mohamed Amin Didi's government theoretically operating within a democratic system of governance, the party had no opposition parties from formation to dissolution. This could have been due to the fact that there was no straightforward approach towards organizing and forming political parties within the political system back then.

Rayyitunge Muthagaddim Party (RMP)

• Party established: 19 October 1950
• Membership as of 1 January 1953: 1871 women and 2870 men

Party President:

• Mohamed Amin Didi

Chief Vice President:

• Ibrahim Muhammad Didi

Second Vice President:

• Mr. Ahmed Hilmy Didi

Honorary Vice Presidents:

• Annabeela Aminath Hussain
• Annabeela Zubeida Mohamed Didi (the Party President's junior wife)
• Mr Ahmed Kamil Didi
• Sheikh Malin Moosa Maafahaiy Kaleyfan
• Mr Adam Naseer Maniku

Party Secretaries:

• Annabeel Hassan Ali Didi
• Mr Ibrahim Shihab

Treasurer:

• Mr Kudadhaharaagey Ibrahim Didi

Publicity Secretary:

• Mr N.T. Hassan Didi

Consultative Committee:

• Annabeela Fathmath Ibrahim Didi
• Annabeela Fathmath Saeed (Party President's senior wife)
  • Miss Aminath Faiza Annabeel Abdul Wahhab
• Mr Adam Naseer Maniku
• Mr Ahmed Hilmy Didi
• Mr Bandhu Mohamed Kaleyfan
• Mr Bucha Hassan Kaleyfan
• Mr Kerafa Mohamed Kaleyfan
• Mr Kateeb Don Kaleyfan
• Mr Maarandu Mudin Kaleyfan
• Mr Feeali Kateeb Kaleyfan
• Mr Havaru-Thinadu Abdulla Kateeb Manikfan
• Mr Bilal Tuttu Maniku
• Mr Maizan Mohamed Maniku
• Mr Tutteedi Don Maniku

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maldives Royal Family Official Website: The Maldives First Republic. 2009-09-21. 2008-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080119021147/http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_first_republic.shtml. dead.