Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed Maharoof (born 25 April 1957; also known as Sinna Maharoof) 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 and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Maharoof was born on 25 April 1957. He is a cousin of

Imran Maharoof Imran, also transliterated as Emran ( ''ʿImrān'') is an Arabic name. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called Family of ʿImrān (''āl ʿImrān''). It may refer to: Given name * Imran, father of Mary in the Quran: see Joachim ( ...

, Member of Parliament.

Career

Maharoof contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the

United National Party The United National Party (UNP; , ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1946, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two main parties for several decades. The UNP has served as the country's ruling party ...

's (UNP) candidates in

Trincomalee District Trincomalee District ( ; ) is one of the 25 Districts of Sri Lanka, districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a Government Agent (Sri Lanka), D ...

and was first elected to

Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

. He was re-elected at the 2001 parliamentary election as a United National Front (UNF) candidate. He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as a

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (; ) is a political party in Sri Lanka. Presently led by Rauff Hakeem, it is currently the largest party representing the Muslim community of Sri Lanka. History The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy ...

(SLMC) candidate but failed to get re-elected, coming fourth amongst the SLMC candidates. Maharoof contested the 2008 provincial council election as one of the UNF's candidates in Trincomalee District and was elected to the

Eastern Provincial Council The Eastern Provincial Council (EPC ''Kiḻakku Mākāṇa Capai''; “Nagenahira Palat Sabava”; EPC) is the provincial council for the Eastern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, EPC has legislative powe ...

. He contested the 2012 provincial council election as a UNP candidate but failed to get re-elected after coming second amongst the UNP candidates. Maharoof was one of the

United National Front for Good Governance The United National Front (UNF) (), later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ), was a political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the United National Party. The UNF was the governing party ...

's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election and was elected to Parliament.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maharoof, M. A. M. 1957 births All Ceylon Makkal Congress politicians Living people Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Eastern Provincial Council Sri Lanka Muslim Congress politicians Sri Lankan Muslims United National Party politicians