Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Maldivian politician
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Place of Birth: Malé, Maldives
About Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa
- 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.
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