Mohamed Zaki

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Maldives Ambassador with the ex-Malaysian Prime Minister.

Mohamed Zaki (born 20 February 1953), also known as Nazaki Zaki or Sandhaanu Zaki, is a businessman and politician in the Maldives.

Zaki is the founder of Nazaki Services Pvt Ltd,^[1] which is a well-known company in the Maldives.^{[citation needed]} While being a business man, he is also a part-time politician in the opposition party MDP Maldivian Democratic Party. He is among the few political figures in the Maldives who had stood up against a corrupt Government during the time when there was no freedom of speech in the country.^{[citation needed]} The struggle that he and others had undergone has made a political impact within just 4 to 5 years.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Maldivians were able to speak openly against the government and the police without the fear of being arrested, beaten, or tortured.^{[citation needed]} This was a complete change compared to the year 2003. In October 2008, the first Maldivian democratic presidential elections were held, where people voted for a change in government, causing the Maldivian Democratic Party presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed to be the new incoming President.^{[citation needed]} As government posts are decided by the President, Mohamed Zaki was appointed the new Maldives Ambassador to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Brunei in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

During his youth, Zaki had struggled to earn money and support his family.^{[citation needed]} However he had supported his wife (Nazima Asir) together with his five children and established one of the biggest companies in the Maldives.

His son Muad Mohamed Zaki has raised his political profile in the country after being one of the senior Maldivian Democratic Party member that was arrested in the brutal military crackdown on peaceful protestors. The day of the crackdown was later labelled as Black Friday in the Maldives.

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↑ Nazaki Services Pvt Ltd.

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Name	Zaki, Mohamed
Alternative names	Nazaki Zaki, Sandhaanu Zaki
Short description	Businessman and politician
Date of birth	20 February 1953
Place of birth	Maldives
Date of death
Place of death

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