Kabir Hashim
The Honourable Kabir Hashim MP |
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General Secretary of United National Party | |
Assumed office 8 December 2014 |
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Leader | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Preceded by | Tissa Attanayake |
Minister Public Enterprise Development | |
Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion | |
In office 12 January 2015 – 22 March 2015 |
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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 |
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President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Minister of Tertiary Education, Training | |
Minister of Higher Education | |
In office 2001–2004 |
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Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kegalle District |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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Personal details | |
Born | (1959-05-19) May 19, 1959 (age 65) |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Residence | 156, Lake Drive, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka. |
Alma mater | Royal College Colombo, Trinity College, Kandy, University of Kelaniya |
Occupation | Politician and Economist |
Profession | Economist |
Religion | Islam |
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir (Sinhala: කබීර් හෂීම්, Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம்; born 19 May 1959) known as Kabir Hashim is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Kegalle District and currently serving as General Secretary for the United National Party and Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion. He was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy.
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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, In the same day former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1][2]
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