M. L. A. M. Hizbullah

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Honourable
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
MP MPC
எம். எல். ஏ. எம். ஹிஸ்புல்லா
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Batticaloa District
In office
2010–2015
In office
2001–2004
In office
1989–2000
Member of the North Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
In office
1988–1989
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
In office
2008–2010
Succeeded by K. L. M. Fareed
Personal details
Born (1963-02-02) 2 February 1963 (age 62)
Political party United People's Freedom Alliance
Alma mater University of Madras
Religion Islam

Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah (born 2 February 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister.

Early life

Hizbullah was born on 2 February 1963.[1][2] He has a General Arts Qualification (GAQ) from the University of Peradeniya.[2][3] He has a M.A. degree from the University of Madras.[3]

Career

Hizbullah was a member of Kattankudy Divisional Council.[2] He was elected to the North Eastern Provincial Council at the 1988 provincial council election.[2]

Hizbullah contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress' (SLMC) candidates in Batticaloa District. He was elected and entered Parliament.[4] He was re-elected at the 1994 parliamentary election.[5] He was Deputy Minister of Media and Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunication.[3][6][7] He was not re-elected at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was then appointed chairman of the state owned National Water Supply and Drainage Board.[8]

In 2000 SLMC leader M. H. M. Ashraff was to going to suspend Hizbullah from the party but in September 2000 Ashraff was killed.[9] In the ensuing power struggle Hizbullah tried unsuccessfully to gain the leadership of the SLMC.[10] Rauff Hakeem became leader of the SLMC whilst Hizbullah became deputy leader of the National Unity Alliance which was led by Ashraff's widow Ferial Ashraff.[11][12]

Hizbullah contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the People's Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[13] He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as a United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate but the UPFA failed to win any seats in Batticaloa District.[14][15]

Between 2004 and 2005 Hizbullah was chairman of the state owned Airport and Aviation Services Limited during which time he and his wife Sithy Rameeza Sahabdeen are alleged to have defrauded Rs 67.5 million from the company.[16] Hizbullah defected back to the SLMC in 2005 before defecting again, in 2008, to the All Ceylon Muslim Congress, a constituent of the UPFA.[17][18]

Hizbullah contested the 2008 provincial council election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council.[19] Hizbullah had wanted to be Chief Minister but the UPFA made Pillayan (S. Chandrakanthan) chief minister.[20][21] He was instead appointed Minister for Health and Indigenous Medicine, Social Welfare, Probation and Childcare Services, Women's Affairs, Youth Affairs, Sports, Information Technology Education, Co-operative Development, Food Supply and Distribution.[22]

Hizbullah contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Batticaloa District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[23] Following the election he was appointed Deputy Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs.[24] In January 2013 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development.[3][25]

Hizbullah's party, the ACMC, left the UPFA in December 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the 2015 presidential election.[26] Hizbullah chose to remain with the UPFA and support its leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in the election.[27] Hizbullah was one of the UPFA's candidates in Batticaloa District at the 2015 parliamentary election but the UPFA failed to win any seats in the district.[28][29] However, after the election he was appointed as a UPFA National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament.[30][31] He was sworn in as State Minister of Resettlement and Rehabilitation on 9 September 2015.[32][33]

Electoral history

Electoral history of M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1988 provincial Batticaloa District Elected
1989 parliamentary[4] Batticaloa District SLMC 15,832 Elected
1994 parliamentary[5] Batticaloa District SLMC 12,583 Elected
2001 parliamentary[13] Batticaloa District PA 19,785 Elected
2004 parliamentary[15] Batticaloa District UPFA 23,813 Not elected
2008 provincial Batticaloa District UPFA Elected
2010 parliamentary[23] Batticaloa District UPFA 22,256 Elected
2015 parliamentary Batticaloa District UPFA Not elected

References

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