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| 14th Speaker of the Parliament | |
| In office 9 March 1989 – 24 June 1994 | |
| President | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
| Preceded by | E. L. Senanayake |
| Succeeded by | Kiri Banda Ratnayake |
| Minister of Western Region Development | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 2007–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Wiswa Warnapala |
| Succeeded by | Sumedha G. Jayasena |
| Member of Parliament forColombo | |
| In office 1989–2010 | |
| Mayor of Colombo | |
| In office 1960–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1921-06-15)15 June 1921 |
| Died | 26 April 2016(2016-04-26) (aged 94) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse | Noor Naseema |
| Relations | Ruvaiz Haniffa, Firaz Hameed, Fazal Hameed, Shaaz Mohamed, Fawaz Hameed, Ifham Ariff, Rifard Ariff, Farah Ibrahim, Naseema Mohamed, Amra Mohamed, Aaliya Mohamed, Ajwad Hashim, Saaraa Hameed, Shahir Haniffa, Atheek Mohamed, Faheem Hameed, Salma Hashim, Shahima Ariff, Hafsa Haniffa, Fayyad Hameed, Mariam Ahamed. |
| Children | Ummu Haniffa, Thufa Hameed, Shaha Ariff, Shaul Mohamed, Hussain Mohamed, Hussan Mohamed, Haniffa Mohamed, Azahim Mohamed |
| Residence | Colombo |
| Alma mater | Wesley College |
| Profession | Politician |
Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed (15 June 1921 – 26 April 2016) was aSri Lankan politician. Mohamed served as the 14thSpeaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka as well as being a former member ofParliament and government minister. Mohamed was the firstSri Lankan Moor to hold office asMayor of Colombo from 1960 to 1962.[1][2]
Born 15 June 1921, Mohamed was educated atWesley College, Colombo. After completing his schooling, he joinedCargills Ltd., where he became active in trade union activities. Later he joined the family shipping firm, Nagoor Meera and Sons. His grandfather Marhoom Abdur Rahman was a member of theLegislative Council of Ceylon.[3]
Mohamed entered politics having been elected to theColombo Municipal Council from the Maligawatte Ward and served asMayor of Colombo from 1960 to 1962. He contested the1965 general elections as theUnited National Party candidate in theBorella electorate and was elected to parliament defeating theLanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) candidateVivienne Goonewardena. He lost his seat in the1970 general elections to LSSP candidateKusala Abhayavardhana by 16,421 votes to 15,829 votes.[4] He was re-elected to parliament in the1977 general elections and would retain his seat until 2010 in the consecutive elections that followed. In 1977, he was appointed to the Cabinet byJ.R. Jayawardena as Minister of Transport.[3]
In theBlack July pogrom of 1983, M.H. Mohamed unleashed his thugs to attackTamils inBorella.[5] In April 1985, PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene sent M. H. Mohamed, along with his henchmen to attack Tamils in the village ofKaraitivu (Ampara).[6]Muslim youth with the support of the security forces killed severalTamils, raped several women and burned over 2000 Tamil homes, rendering 15,000 Tamils homeless.[7][8]
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