Ammer Ali Seyed Mohammad Sihabdeen (born 20 December 1961) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n politician, a member of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...

and a Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs. Ameer Ali is married and has three sons. At the 13th parliamentary elections in April 2004 he was elected to

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as a member for

Batticaloa Batticaloa (, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu'', ; , ''Maḍakalapuwa'', ) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern Univers ...

. He served as the Non-Cabinet Minister of Disaster Relief Services from 2007 until February 2010. Sihabdeen failed to get re-elected at the subsequent parliamentary elections in 2010. In 2012 Sihabdeen was elected to the

2nd Eastern Provincial Council The 2nd Eastern Provincial Council is the current Eastern Provincial Council, with the membership determined by the results of the 2012 provincial council election held on 8 September 2012. The council met for the first time on 1 October 2012. Ac ...

, representing

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA; ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004 and dissolved by former Sri Lankan President Ma ...

in the

Batticaloa Electoral District Batticaloa Electoral District ( ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative d ...

. At the 15th parliamentary elections, held in August 2015, he was re-elected as a member for Batticaloa, representing the

All Ceylon Makkal Congress The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (; ''Samasta Lanka Mahajana Kongrasaya'') is a registered political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 2005 by Rishad Bathiudeen. Since 2020, the All Ceylon Makkal Congress has been a constituent party of the Sam ...

. After his election he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs.

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1961 births Government ministers of Sri Lanka Living people Alumni of Zahira College, Colombo Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Eastern Provincial Council Sri Lanka Muslim Congress politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka {{EasternLK-politician-stub