Sri Lankan politician
Uduma Lebbe Mohamed Mohideen (born 28 February 1939; also known as Thoppi Mohideen ) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, Member of Parliament and deputy minister.
Early life and family [ edit ] Mohideen was born on 28 February 1939.[ 1] [ 2] Ceylon Law College and qualified as a lawyer.[ 2]
Mohideen joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in its early days.[ 2] Sammanthurai .[ 2]
Mohideen was one of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ' (SLMC) candidates in Ampara District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the SLMC candidates.[ 3] [ 4] 1994 parliamentary election as one of the SLMC's candidates in Ampara District. He was elected and entered Parliament .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] 2000 parliamentary election as one of the People's Alliance 's (PA) candidates in Ampara District and was re-elected.[ 8]
Following the death of M. H. M. Ashraff , the leader of the SLMC, in September 2000 there was a power struggle between Ashraff's widow Ferial Ashraff and Rauff Hakeem for control of the party.[ 9] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] United National Party dominated United National Front (UNF).[ 13] 2001 parliamentary election as PA candidate in Ampara District but failed to get re-elected.[ 14] [ 15]
^ "Directory of Members: Uthuma Lebbe Mohamed Mohideen" . Parliament of Sri Lanka .^ a b c d Nakkawita, Wijitha; Lakshmi, de Silva. "He served people of his area well - Nimal Siripala" . The Island (Sri Lanka) ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.^ a b de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF) . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited . p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23. ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-06.^ "PM honours U. L. M. Mohideen for his political culture" . Daily News (Sri Lanka) ^ "SLMC member receives junior minister post" . TamilNet ^ a b "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.^ a b Farook, Latheef (23 December 2014). "SLMC: Liability on the Muslim community" . Daily FT the original on 24 September 2015. ^ Satyapalan, Franklin R. (21 June 2001). "SLMC-NUA quit PA coalition" . The Island (Sri Lanka) ^ "Former Minister and six others crossover to opposition" . olicy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. 21 June 2001.^ "Sri Lanka govt. faces collapse as Muslims leave" . TamilNet ^ "UNP to contest as UNF with elephant symbol" . TamilNet ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 13 — DIGAMADULLA" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
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