Ahmed Zaki (politician)

For other people named Ahmad Zaki, see Ahmad Zaki.

Ahmed Zaki (16 April 1931 – 15 November 1996) was Prime Minister of the Republic of Maldives from 1972 to 1975. 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.^[1]

References

"H.E. Mr. Ahmed Zaki" (PDF). Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

Notes

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

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