The 2008 Constitution of the Maldives also requires the following for a president: be a Maldivian citizen born to parents who are Maldivian citizens, and who is not also a citizen of a foreign country;be a Muslim and a follower of a Sunni school of Islam. to be a member of the People's Majlis it requires the following: a citizen of the Maldives; is not a citizen of a foreign country; and is a Muslim and a follower of a Sunni school of Islam;[7]