Ferial Ashraff | |
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| Minister of Housing Construction & Industries, Education Development in Eastern Province & Irrigation Development | |
| In office 14 September 2001 – 10 April 2004 | |
| Minister of Housing & Common Amenities | |
| Member of Parliament forAmpara | |
| In office 2000–2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-08-20)20 August 1953 (age 72) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Spouse | M. H. M. Ashraff |
| Alma mater | Zahira College, Gampola |
Ferial Ismail Ashraff (born August 20, 1953) is aSri Lankan politician. She was the wife ofM. H. M. Ashraff, the deceased leader of theSri Lanka Muslim Congress and theNational Unity Alliance.[1] She was the Minister of Housing and Common Amenities under PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga.[1] She was a representative ofAmpara District for theUnited People's Freedom Alliance in theParliament of Sri Lanka. She resides inColombo.
In the 2002 general elections, she became a member of theParliament of Sri Lanka from Digamadulla,[2] and was appointed the Minister of Housing and Common Amenities.[3] In 2010, she was appointed to the board of the National Institute of Education.[1] In 2011, she was named Sri Lanka's High Commissioner toSingapore.[4]
TheSri Lanka Muslim Congress, which was founded byM.H.M. Ashraff in 1981, facilitated for the entry of Ferial Ashraff into politics upon the death of her husband for a brief period of time,[5] which led to a power struggle for a new, charismatic leader from the East, a position that both Ferial Ashroff and theSLMC Deputy Leader at the time,Rauff Hakeem contested for. Upon her failure, she broke away from the group and formulated theNational Unity Alliance (NUA), a multiethnic political party that sought to center itself upon more than the Muslim Majority Identity.[6][7]
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