Mohamed Nazim

Mohamed Nazim
Mohamed Nazim (r) with United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Michele J. Sison in 2013.
Minister of Defence and National Security
In office 17 November 2013 – 20 January 2015
President	Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
Succeeded by	Major General (Rtd.) Moosa Ali Jaleel
In office 8 February 2012 – 17 November 2013
President	Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik
Preceded by	Thalhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu
Personal details
Born	Male’, Maldives
Spouse(s)	Afaaf Abdul Majeed
Alma mater	School of Infantry and Tactic, Quetta, Pakistan Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA Mubarak Al Abdullah Command and Staff College, Kuwait
Awards	Presidential Medal Dedicated Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal 3rd November Medal
Military service
Service/branch	Maldives National Defence Force
Years of service	1987–2011
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Integrated Headquarters of Maldives National Defence Force
Commands	Commandant Training Unit Commanding Officer Quick Reaction Forces II Commanding Officer Regional Headquarters Seenu Gan Commanding Officer Maldives National Cadet Corps
Battles/wars	1988 Maldives Coup

Colonel (Rtd.) Mohamed Nazim (MSc, psc) is the former Minister of Defence and National Security of the Republic of Maldives. He first became the Defence Minister on 8 February 2012 under the presidency of Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik. He was later re-appointed to the position by president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on 17 November 2013. He last served as the Administrative Officer of the Integrated Headquarters of Maldives National Defence Force. He retired from active service on 15 January 2011.

Born in Male’, Maldives, Minister graduated from Majeediya School prior to his enlistment in March 11, 1987. Upon graduation, Minister Nazim was called in by the government to put his compulsory service to the nation as a soldier. Unlike most of his friends who sought several excuses to evade compulsory military service, he chose to embrace the strenuous life. He is fondly named as Seeney by his friends. Seeny somewhat reflects that name of his house M. Seenu Karankaage, Male'.

The knowledge and experience acquired from the Training Centre that with his charismatic leadership garnered him the trust from the helm of the organization, endorsing him to many prestigious appointments in his 23 years of dedicated service. He commanded the Quick Reaction Force 2 now inducted to the Marine Corps and the Regional Headquarters Seenu Gan now inducted to the Southern Area Command. He was also the Commanding Officer of the Maldives National Cadet Corps and the President of the Dhivehi Sifainge Club. He held the post of Deputy Commanding Officer of Maldives National Cadet Corps for 6 consecutive years.

In his secondary area of expertise, disaster management, he has attended many courses and seminars and has acquired extensive knowledge and experience in the field, having formulated many contingency plans for disaster mitigation, relief and evacuation drills. He is also involved in his family business, Rasheed Carpentry, which is a construction company. He also runs H78, a small boutique hotel in the island of Hulhumale'.

He completed all the local military trainings that a soldier would undergo in the Maldives before undergoing the advance trainings in School of Infantry and Tactic, Quetta, Pakistan and in Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA. Minister Nazim is also a graduate of the Mubarak Al Abdullah Command and Staff College, Kuwait, earning excellence in the Master of Military Science Degree program.