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He previously served as the Minister of Transport from to , and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from to The longest-serving Maldivian president, Gayoom was the longest-serving leader in Asia. After serving as a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, he returned to the Maldives in and worked as a teacher at Aminiya School.

He was later appointed the manager of shipping department at the government. Gayoom was placed under house arrest in for criticising the policies of the then-president Nasir.

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He was later banished to Makunudhoo for four years but was released five months later as part of an amnesty following President Nasir's re-election for a second term. In , he was arrested again for his continued criticism of Nasir's policies, but after 50 days in jail, he was freed and, in , appointed as Special Undersecretary in the Prime Minister's Office.

Gayoom later served as the deputy ambassador of the Maldives to Sri Lanka and was appointed deputy minister of transport under minister Hassan Zareer. After serving as deputy minister, he was appointed Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations in Following the vacancy of minister of transport, Gayoom was appointed to the position.

As president Nasir chose not to seek re-election, a vote in the Citizen's Majlis which selected Gayoom as the candidate. In July , Gayoom won the presidential referendum with