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Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir ( Sinhala: කබීර් හෂීම්, Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம்; born 19 May 1959) popularly known as ''Kabir Hashim'' is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a member of the
Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...
representing the Kegalle District and is the Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion of the government of Sri Lanka. He was former General Secretary of the
United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...
. He was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. Hashim has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from the
University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University ...
, Sri Lanka.


Political career

Kabir was first elected as Member of Parliament in 2001 and had the highest preferential votes in the Kegalle District in 2004. He also served as Minister of Higher Education under former
Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
Ranil Wickremasinghe's Government from 2001 to 2004.


General Secretary of United National Party

On 8 December 2014, Kabir was appointed as General Secretary of United National Party by Ranil Wickremasinghe, On the same day former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.


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United National Party politicians Samagi Jana Balawegaya politicians Sri Lankan economists Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka 1959 births Living people Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy Sri Lankan Muslims Transport ministers of Sri Lanka Higher education ministers of Sri Lanka {{SabaragamuwaLK-politician-stub