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.
External links
Biographies of Member of Parliament
References
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
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