Dr. Abdulla Shiham Hassan has declared that he would be running in the next Presidential Election.

Religious scholar and former Chairman of the Bank of Maldives, announced his intentions for the Presidential Election 2023, on social media today.

He told One Online today that he would be running as an independent candidate. Dr. Shiham said that he would be running as an independent candidate with the intention to serve the public as fair as possible. He said that he would be working with all political parties.

Dr. Shiham also declared himself for the 2018 Presidential Election but later withdrew some the election in 2016 stating that there was not an adequate environment for a fair election.