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Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, famously known as ''Sappe was the President's Envoy for Science and Technology of the first democratically elected Government of the Maldives. He was appointed on 11 March 2009. He resigned from the Government on 9 February 2012, soon after President Nasheed's Government was allegedly overthrown by the incumbent President Mohamed Waheed two days earlier. .〔(''The Independent'' "Maldives aims to become first carbon-neutral country", 14 March 2009 )〕〔(''The Guarding'' "Mohamed Nasheed resigns as Maldives President", 7 February 2012 )〕 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.〔(''Dhivehi Observer'' )〕〔(''Dhivehi Observer:About Us'' )〕 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 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 is normally resident in Glasgow, United Kingdom.〔(''Scotland-Maldives Partnership", 11 December 2009 )〕 ==Early and personal life== Moosa was born in Malé, Maldives. He first married in 2003 and has three sons Adam, Michael and Daniel from that marriage. He married secondly Fathimath Moosa, with whom he has a son and a daughter. Before his political career began, Moosa filled several government and private company posts. He also managed and ran his own businesses. In March 1999 he founded ''A'' Company Pvt Ltd. The company was mainly involved in consultancy work in engineering, web design, printing and publishing, composition of business and marketing proposals and reports. Moosa was practically involved in designing and production of the election campaign material for Ilyas Ibrahim (brother-in-law of the president Gayyoom) in 1999 who ran against Mohamed Nasheed (of the opposition) for representing the people of Malé as a member of the parliament. "I worked in Ilyas's last campaign (1999) on the request of Mr. Qasim Ibrahim which later turned out to be a regrettable experience." () Since 1999 Moosa has been a consultant to Qasim Ibrahim, Chairman of Villa Shipping and Trading Company, the largest private company in the Maldives. He is the Leaderof the Jumhooree Party, which is part of the current government coalition.〔(''Dhivehi Observer'' Ahmed S. I. Moosa, Personal Details )〕 Moosa was also a director of (Horizon Fisheries Private Limited ), a company with majority shares owned by Qasim Ibraim and former DRP member of parliament, Ahmed Nashid (ADK). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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