Senate of the Maldives explained

Senate of the Maldives
Coa Pic:	File:Emblem of republic of Maldives 1940-1990.png
Foundation:	January 1953
Disbanded:	January 1954
House Type:	Upper house
Houses:	Senate House of People
Members:	18
House1:	Senate
House2:	Majlis
Leader1 Type:	President
Leader1 Term:	1953-1954

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

The Senate had 18 members. 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]

Notes and References

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