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Maldives' first president dies at 82
By kfrr AP - 1 hour 1 minute ago
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Ibrahim Nasir, who led the Maldives' independence movement from the British and became the island nation's first president, has died at the age of 82, an official said.
Nasir died at a Singapore hospital Saturday and his body was flown to the Maldives and kept for public viewing at the president's office, Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaeed said Sunday, adding that the cause of death was not known.
Born on Sept. 2, 1926, Nasir became the prime minister of the British protectorate in 1957 at the age of 31.
He signed an agreement with the British that won independence for the Indian Ocean island in 1965.
In 1968, three years after independence, Nasir became the Maldives' first president and held that position until he resigned 10 years later. He was accused of ruling the country as a dictator and fled in 1978 amid public resentment and unproven allegations of corruption in handling public funds.
Nasir modernized the country's fishing industry and introduced tourism, for which the Maldives is now world famous.
President Mohamed Nasheed and his ministers were to be present at the burial Sunday night.
Nasir is survived by two sons and a daughter.
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