Ahmed Zaki (politician)

Ahmed Zaki (16 April 1931 – 15 November 1996) was a Maldivian politician.

He served as the speaker of People's Majlis from 1959 to 1972.[1] In 1972, he was appointed as Prime Minister of the Republic of Maldives. However, in March 1975, newly elected Prime Minister Zaki was arrested in a bloodless coup and was banished to a remote atoll. Observers suggested that Zaki was becoming too popular and hence posed a threat to the Nasir faction.[2]

During the administration of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Zaki hold different cabinet positions, and also again the position of the speaker of People's Majlis from 1990 to 1993.[1]

References

"Kuryge raeesun" (in Divehi). Majlis. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
"History of Maldives". Mother earth travel - relationship with earth. Mother Earth Travel. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

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[majlis-1] "Kuryge raeesun" (in Divehi). Majlis. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[2] "History of Maldives". Mother earth travel - relationship with earth. Mother Earth Travel. Retrieved 2012-02-20.