Kabir Hashim

Hon.
Kabir Hashim
MP
Hon. Kabir Hashim MP
කබීර් හෂීම්; கபீர் ஹாசிம்
General Secretary of United National Party
	In office; 8 December 2014 – 5 April 2018
Leader	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Tissa Attanayake
Succeeded by	Palitha Range Bandara
Minister Public Development
	In office; 4 September 2015 – 17 November 2019
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion
	In office; 12 January 2015 – 22 March 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion
	In office; 22 March 2015 – 17 August 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Tertiary Education, Training
Minister of Higher Education
	In office; 2001–2004
Member of Parliament; for Kegalle District
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2001
Personal details
Born	19 May 1959 (age 65)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Samagi Jana Balawegaya (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	United National Party (before 2020)
Residence(s)	156, Lake Drive,; Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.
Alma mater	Royal College Colombo, ; Trinity College, Kandy, ; University of Kelaniya
Occupation	Politician and economist

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 former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and former Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was formerly the General Secretary of the United National Party.

Kabir was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. Kabir has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from the University of Peradeniya, 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 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.^[1]^[2]

External links

References

^ "Kabir Hashim appointed new UNP General Secretary". adaderana.lk. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
^ "Hashim named as UNP General Secretary". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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[1] "Kabir Hashim appointed new UNP General Secretary". adaderana.lk. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[2] "Hashim named as UNP General Secretary". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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