A. M. M. Naushad | |
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Member of Parliament for Ampara District | |
In office 2008–2010 | |
Preceded by | Rauff Hakeem |
Personal details | |
Born | Sammanthurai |
Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
Relations | M. I. M. Abdul Majeed (father) |
Abdul Majeed Mohammed Naushad also known as Mohamed Naushad Majeed (born 1958) is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. [1]
Naushad was born in Sammanthurai in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka in 1954. He is the son of former Nintavur MP M. I. M. Abdul Majeed,and the son-in-law of former Deputy Minister and former Pottuvil MP M. A. Abdul Majeed. [2] [3] Pre-destined to enter politics,he began his political career in 1989 for the United National Party. [4] He was the UNP's convener for the Eastern Province and a member of the UNP working committee. [2] In 2001,he served as Deputy Secretary of the UNP. [4] In this position,he created a problem for party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe when he stated his view that "his community came first and the party next". [3]
Naoshaad left the UNP in 2001 after it formed an electoral alliance with the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress. [3] He then contested the 2001 parliamentary election from an independent group but failed to get elected.
Naoshaad later joined the SLMC and became a member of the SLMC High Command. [2] At the 2004 parliamentary election,Naoshaad was a SLMC candidate in Ampara District but failed to get elected again after coming third amongst the SLMC candidates. [4] [5] However,Naushad entered Parliament in April 2008 following the resignation of SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem. [4] [6]
Following a meeting at Temple Trees,Naushad defected from the SLMC to the governing United People's Freedom Alliance during the 2010 parliamentary election campaign and became a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. [7] He was subsequently made a UPFA candidate in Ampara District but failed to get elected after coming in eighth amongst the UPFA candidates. [8]
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