What is Maumoon Abdul Gayoom?
{{Infobox president | name = Maumoon Abdul Gayoom<br/>އަލްއުސްތާޛް މައުމޫން އަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް | honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG}} | image = | order = 3rd | office = President of the Maldives | term_start = 11 November 1978 | term_end = 11 November 2008 | predecessor = [[Ibrahim Nasir]] | successor = [[Mohamed Nasheed]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Malé]], [[Maldives]] | party = [[Maldives Reform Movement]] (2019–) | otherparty = [[Progressive Party of Maldives]] (2011–2017)<br />[[Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party]] (2005–2011)<br />[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (Until 2005) | spouse = [[Nasreena Ibrahim]] (married 1969) | children = [[Dunya Maumoon]]<br />Yumna Maumoon<br />Faris Maumoon<br />Ghassan Maumoon }} '''Maumoon Abdul Gayoom''' (އަލްއުސްތާޛް މައުމޫން އަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born December 29, 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar. He was the [[President of the Maldives|President of Maldives]] from 1978 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12522974&CFID=30406844&CFTOKEN=42599944 |title=Premium content |publisher=Economist.com |date=2008-10-30 |access-date=2010-01-22}}</ref> Gayoom was arrested on 5 February 2018, for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government along his son-in-law Mohamed Nadheem.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://raajje.mv/en/news/26691|title=Pres. Maumoon transferred to Maafushi jail|author=Rushdha Rasheed|date=9 February 2018|access-date=18 February 2018|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218151920/https://raajje.mv/en/news/26691|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://raajje.mv/en/news/26968|title=Ex-President Gayoom and sons being tortured: MDN|author=Humaam Ali|date=14 February 2018|access-date=18 February 2018|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218151922/https://raajje.mv/en/news/26968|url-status=dead}}</