Marhoom Baba Zahiere Lye (7 November 1900 - 1969) was a Ceylonese Malay politician. He appointed as Member of Parliament in 1963. [1] He married Evelyn Mashmoon Saldin, daughter of M. K. Saldin, member of the State Council of Ceylon. [2]
Marhoom Baba Zahiere Lye (7 November 1900 - 1969) was a Ceylonese Malay politician. He appointed as Member of Parliament in 1963. [1] He married Evelyn Mashmoon Saldin, daughter of M. K. Saldin, member of the State Council of Ceylon. [2]
The Governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.
The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of the parliament of Ceylon established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution. The House was housed in the old State Council building in Galle Face Green, Colombo and met for the first time on 14 October 1947. The First Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka, adopted on 22 May 1972, replaced the House of Representatives with the unicameral National State Assembly.
Rukman Senanayake, is a Sri Lankan politician. A former Cabinet Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from 2002 to 2004 and Member of Parliament for Kegalle District, he was a Vice Leader of the United National Party.
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of representative government in the island. The 1931 Donoughmore Constitution replaced the Legislative Council with the State Council of Ceylon.
Tuan Burhanuddin Jayah, was a Sri Lankan educationalist, politician, diplomat and Muslim community leader and considered one of Sri Lanka's national heroes. He started his career as a school teacher and retired after serving 27 years as the principal of Zahira College, Colombo. Under his stewardship, Zahira College became one of the leading schools in the country.
Sri Lankan Malays (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මැලේ, romanized: Ja Minissu, lit. 'Javanese'; Tamil: இலங்கை மலாய், romanized: Ilaṅkai Malai are Sri Lankans with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian/Malay Archipelago. The term is a misnomer as it is used as a historical catch-all term for all native ethnic groups of the Malay Archipelago who reside in Sri Lanka; the term does not apply solely to the ethnic Malays. They number approximately 40,000 and make up 0.2% of the Sri Lankan population, making them the fourth largest of the five main ethnic groups in the country.
Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama, MP, SLAS is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning until April 2010. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Sir Alexander Francis Molamure, was a Ceylonese politician. He became the first speaker of both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Ceylon. He was a controversial figure due to his resignation from the State Council and for organising the Panamure Elephant Kraal in 1950.
A National List Member of Parliament is a nominated Member of Parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contesting party or an independent group depends on the proportion to their share of the national vote. A total of 29 national list MPs are appointed alongside 196 elected MPs making a total of 225 members in the parliament.
The All Ceylon Malay Political Union was a political party in Ceylon. The party was founded in 1944 as the All Ceylon Malay Congress. The party sought to promote the rights of the Malay minority and gain parliamentary representation for the community. The party was led by M.P. Drahaman.
Dr Mohamed Purvis Drahaman was a Ceylonese Malay medical doctor and politician. He was the leader of the All Ceylon Malay Congress, and was appointed as Member of Parliament in 1956 and 1960.
Alamat Lankapuri was a Malay language fortnightly publication in Jawi script, issued from Colombo, Ceylon. Alamat Lankapuri was first published in June 1869. It was the first Jawi script Malay-language newspaper printed worldwide. The newspaper was printed by lithograph.
The Grand Mosque of Colombo is a mosque located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The 1st Parliament of Ceylon was a meeting of the Parliament of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1947 parliamentary election between 23 August and 20 September 1947. The parliament met for the first time on 14 October 1947 and was dissolved on 8 April 1952.
Francis Huntly Griffith JP, UM was a tea and rubber planter in Ceylon and a member of parliament.
Robert Singleton-Salmon was a British tea planter, businessman and a member of parliament.
Reginald Percy Gaddum was a tea planter in Ceylon and a member of parliament from 1952 to 1956.
Mohamed Khalid Saldin (1870-1944) was a Ceylonese businessman/philanthropist and politician.
M. D. Kitchilan was a Ceylonese Malay politician. He appointed as member of Senate of Ceylon from 1965 to 1971.
