Early and Personal Life
Moosa was born in Malé, Maldives. He first married in 2003 and has three sons 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, former finance minister and leader of the Jumhooree Party, which is part of the current government coalition. 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).
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