Ahmed Moosa
| Ahmed Moosa | |
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| Envoy for Science and Technology of the Maldives | |
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In office 11 March 2009 – 9 February 2012 |
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| President | Mohamed Nasheed |
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Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa Malé, Maldives |
| Nationality | Maldivian |
| Political party | Maldivian Democratic Party |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Education | University of Glasgow (1995; B. Eng.) |
| Occupation | Editor-in-chief |
Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, also known as Sappé, is a Maldivian editor-in-chief and politician who served as the first Envoy for Science and Technology to be appointed by the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. He was appointed to his position on 11 March 2009 and resigned from the Maldivian government on 9 February 2012, soon after President Nasheed's government was allegedly overthrown by the incumbent President Mohammed Waheed Hassan two days earlier. Moosa is amongst those who campaigned for democracy and human rights which led to the end of the 30 year rule of Gayoom in November 2008. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the news website Dhivehi Observer.
Moosa is a senior member of the Maldivian Democratic Party and was elected to its first General Council. He was a widely outspoken critic of the former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. He lived in self-proclaimed exile in the United Kingdom with his family from 2003-2008. The opposition Coalition won the Presidential Election held in October 2008.
Moosa resides in Glasgow, United Kingdom as of 2009.
Moosa was born in Malé, Maldives. He first married in 1995 and had three sons from that marriage: Adam, Michael and Daniel. He married secondly Fathimath Moosa, with whom he had a son and a daughter.
Before his political career began, Moosa filled several government and private company posts. He also managed and ran his own businesses. In March 1999 he founded A Company Pvt Ltd. The company was mainly involved in consultancy work in engineering, web design, printing and publishing, composition of business and marketing proposals and reports.
Moosa was practically involved in designing and production of the election campaign material for Ilyas Ibrahim (brother-in-law of the president Gayyoom) in 1999 who ran against Mohamed Nasheed (of the opposition) for representing the people of Malé as a member of the parliament. "I worked in Ilyas's last campaign (1999) on the request of Mr. Qasim Ibrahim which later turned out to be a regrettable experience." [1]
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