List of heads of state of the Maldives

This is a list of heads of state of the Maldives. == Solar and Lunar dynasties == === Solar dynasty (Aadheettha Vansa) === At first, Maldives was a matriarchal society with each atoll ruled by a chief queen according to some accounts or by others, several theocratic societies ruled by priests known as Sawamias of heliolatric, selenolatric and astrolatric religions.