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for the first few months of his presidency. However, on
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became the third president of the second republic. Nasheed was a strong critic of
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Between 1960 and 1964 Muliaage served as the residence and office of the
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to be built and declared it the official
Presidential Palace in 1998. Muliaage was under much neglect and it served as the President's Office and later the Supreme Court during the latter years of Maumoon's presidency.
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