The Maldives Reform Movement () was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

in the

Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...

officially founded on 20 November 2019. The Elections Commission (EC) authorized the formation on 2 October 2019. The party was registered by

Yumna Maumoon Yumna Maumoon (born 20 March 1970) is a Maldivian politician who served as Minister of Arts, Culture, and Heritage from 17 November 2018 to 17 November 2023 under the administration of Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Yumna is the younger daughter of pre ...

but was founded by former president

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ( ; born Abdulla Maumoon Khairi; 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician, statesman, diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Tra ...

after disagreements with

Abdulla Yameen Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who served as president of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018. Yameen was elected president in the 2013 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party (P ...

about the direction of the

Progressive Party of Maldives The Progressive Party of Maldives (, PPM), was a political party in the Maldives. The stated goal of the party was driving Maldives towards an independent and democratic, safe and secure, high income, high human capital, developed nation state w ...

. It was dissolved on 29 January 2025.

History

MRM was the political party established by

, who as of the party's founding was Asia's longest-serving president by time in office. He established the

Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (, , DRP) was a political party of the Maldives. On 2 June 2005, the nation's 50-member parliament voted unanimously to allow and operate political parties in Maldives. DRP subsequently submitted its registration on 2 ...

(DRP) in 2005 after giving his consent legalizing political parties in Maldives. His disputes with the party leader at the time,

Ahmed Thasmeen Ali Ahmed Thasmeen Ali (; born 30 September 1966), is a Maldivian politician, diplomat, philanthropist and a businessman who was the former leader of the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party. Thasmeen started his career as a civil servant and after venturing in ...

, led to him leaving and establishing the

(PPM) in October 2011. Nonetheless, Maumoon left the PPM in 2017 over a dispute over its leadership with his estranged half-brother, former president Abdulla Yameen. The function to form the party was held on 7 November 2019 where the former president, Maumoon was appointed as the President of the party. Maldives Reform Movement (MRM) has received the official certificate of registration with the Elections Commission on 20 November 2019. On 2 October 2021, MRM held its congress and former MP

Ahmed Faris Maumoon Ahmed Faris Maumoon (Arabic: احمد فارس مأمون; Dhivehi: އަޙްމަދު ފާރިސް މައުމޫން; born 31 March 1971), commonly known as Faris, is a Maldivian politician who previously served as the President of the Maldives ...

was elected as its president while Aiminath Nadira and Shazail Shiyam was elected as the deputies. On 24 May 2023, the Election Commission issued a decision to dissolve the MRM, as the party failed to maintain a minimum of 3,000 members as mandated by law. It was later found out that the Election Commission didn't count some membership forms that were not processed at that time and the

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revoked the dissolvement letter. In 2024, the EC decided to dissolve the MRM after once again failing to reach a minimum of 3000 members. On 16 October 2024, it resumed efforts on dissolving the MRM. On 29 January 2025, the EC officially dissolved the party.

References

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