Maldives wata jamhuriya ce ta shugaban kasa, tare da tasirin shugaban kasa a matsayin shugaban gwamnati da shugaban kasa. Shugaban kasa ya jagoranci reshen zartarwa, yana aiki a lokaci guda a matsayin ministan tsaro kuma ya nada majalisar ministocin da Majlis na Jama'a (Majalisa) ya amince da ita. Yana jagorantar 'yan sanda, sojojin, masu tsaron bakin teku, masu kashe gobara da kuma shari'a. Babu rarrabuwa na iko. Shugaban kasa na yanzu kamar na 17 ga Nuwamba 2018 shine Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. 'Yan majalisa guda daya suna aiki na tsawon shekaru biyar, tare da jimillar mambobi da aka ƙaddara ta hanyar mazaunan tsibirin. A zaben 2014, an zabi mambobi 77. Majlis na Jama'a, wanda ke cikin gidaje, mambobi ne daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Tsarin mulkin jamhuriya ya fara aiki kuma an yi masa kwaskwarima a shekarar 1970, kuma a shekarar 1975.
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