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Mohamed Zaki | |
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Portrait, 2009 | |
| Chairman of Maldives Ports Limited | |
| In office 17 February 2019 –30 November 2020 | |
| President | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Abdulla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1952 Maafannu,Malé,Maldives |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Party of Maldives (2021–2025) Adhaalath Party (until 2021) Gaumee Itthihaad (2012–2013) Maldivian Democratic Party (until 2012) |
| Nickname(s) | Nazaki Zaki,Sandhaanu Zaki |
Dato'Mohamed Zaki (born 20 February 1952),also known as Nazaki Zaki or Sandhaanu Zaki,is a businessman and politician in the Maldives. Zaki previously served as the chairman of the Maldives Ports Limited from 2019 to 2020,as well as the high commissioner of the Maldives to Malaysia and the non-resident ambassadors of the Maldives to Brunei,Thailand,and Indonesia.
Zaki founded Nazaki Services Pvt Ltd during his self-exile in Malaysia due to political turnoil in the Maldives,later bringing his company to the Maldives. [1] [2] Zaki was also a member of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP),and also part of the opposition political magazine Sandhaanu .
In July 2002,Zaki was sentenced to life for being part of the Sandhaanu magazine. [3] Zaki's official charges were "trying to overthrow the government by calling on the people to come forward and fight" and "causing hatred in the people’s minds towards the government by forming a newsletter called Sandhaanu". [3] He was later named an prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International and was released in 2005 after international pressure on the Maumoon Abdul Gayoom administration. [4] [2]
In 2009,President Mohamed Nasheed appointed Zaki as the High Commissioner of the Maldives to Malaysia and later appointed him as the non-resident ambassador to Thailand,Indonesia,and Brunei. [5] [6] [1]
In 2011,Zaki was conferred the title Dato' by Malaysian King Sultan Abdul Halim. [2] He was the first Maldivian to be conferred that title.
In 2012,he left the MDP in 2012 and joined the Gaumee Itthihaad (GIP) and later became the vice president of the party. [7] [8]
During some time later he joined the Adhaalath Party (AP).
In 2019,Zaki was appointed as the Chairman of the Maldives Ports Limited. [9] Zaki later resigned the following year citing corruption. [10]
In 2021,Zaki left the AP and joined the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and later became the PPM-PNC coalition's representative to Malaysia and Brunei. [11] [12]
Zaki is married to Nazima Asir and is the father of Muad Mohamed Zaki.