Reeko Moosa Manik

Manik first entered politics when he got elected as the MP for Hulhuhenveiru constituency in the 2009 elections in the 17th People's Majlis for the Maldivian Democratic Party.^[2]

In 2011, Manik was elected by the MDP National Council to be the acting chairperson of MDP for a year.^[3]

Manik was re-elected following the 2014 elections for the same constituency and ran for the position of Deputy Speaker of the People's Majlis, which he later got elected.^[4]

In 2014, Manik was expelled from MDP for violating the PG group's three-line whip in three votes in the parliament.^[5][6] Although the parliament officially removed him from MDP's PG in 2017.^[7][6]

Manik later joined the Progressive Party of Maldives after he was removed from MDP's PG.^[1] Manik later left PPM citing concerns about the party's leadership.^[6] Manik later on re-joined the MDP in 2022.^[6]

Manik originially planned on running for the 2019 elections, but later on dropped out.^[8]

Manik and his family own Heavy Load Private Limited, a company based in the Maldives which is primarily involved in island reclamation and harbor development works. Under his chairmanship in the company, Heavy Load Private Limited was awarded major government projects including a US$21 million (Rf269.8 million) reclamation project to reclaim 130 hectares from Thilafushi lagoon and Emboodhoo. Major projects awarded were forwarded to Maldives Anti corruption Commission, including Thilafushi reclamation project.^[9]