Once in office, they could be re-elected to second 5-year term, which is the limit allowed by the Constitution. The current President of the Maldives is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who was sworn into office on July 13, 2018 when his predecessor, Abdulla Yameen, lost the 2018 presidential election. Yameen followed his own predecessor Mohamed Nasheed's forced resignation in a coup led by the police.[1][2] Nasheed reportedly resigned involuntarily to forestall an escalation of violence, and was placed in jail, before being forced into exile,[3] from which he eventually returned.