Ahmed Zaki (16 April 1931 – 15 November 1996) was a Maldivian politician.
He served as the speaker of
People's Majlis from 1959 to 1972.
In 1972, he was appointed as
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
of the Republic of
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
. However, in March 1975, newly elected Prime Minister Zaki was arrested in a bloodless
coup and was banished to a remote
atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...
. Observers suggested that Zaki was becoming too popular and hence posed a threat to the
Nasir
Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). ...
faction.
During the administration of
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Zaki hold different cabinet positions, and also again the position of the speaker of
People's Majlis from 1990 to 1993.
References
1931 births
1996 deaths
Prime Ministers of the Maldives
Speakers of the People's Majlis
Government ministers of the Maldives
Permanent Representatives of the Maldives to the United Nations
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