U. L. M. Mohideen

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Hon.
U. L. M. Mohideen
MP
U. L. M. Mohideen.jpg
Member of Parliament
for Ampara District
In office
1994–2001
Personal details
Born(1939-02-28)28 February 1939
Political party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Other political
affiliations		 People's Alliance
Alma mater Ceylon Law College
ProfessionLawyer

Uduma Lebbe Mohamed Mohideen (born 28 February 1939; also known as Thoppi Mohideen) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, Member of Parliament and deputy minister.

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Early life and family

Mohideen was born on 28 February 1939. [1] He was educated at Zahira College and Alexandra College. [2] He later studied at Ceylon Law College and qualified as a lawyer. [2]

Career

Mohideen joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in its early days. [2] He was a member of the local authority in Sammanthurai. [2]

Mohideen was one of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress' (SLMC) candidates in Ampara District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the SLMC candidates. [3] [4] He contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the SLMC's candidates in Ampara District. He was elected and entered Parliament. [5] He was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Services in August 2000. [6] [7] He contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the People's Alliance's (PA) candidates in Ampara District and was re-elected. [8]

Following the death of M. H. M. Ashraff, the leader of the SLMC, in September 2000 there was a power struggle between Ashraff's widow Ferial Ashraff and Rauff Hakeem for control of the party. [9] In June 2001 Hakeem and some other SLMC MPs left the governing PA. [9] Mohideen however remained with the PA government. [10] [11] [12] In October 2001 the Hakeem led SLMC joined the United National Party dominated United National Front (UNF). [13] Mohideen contested the 2001 parliamentary election as PA candidate in Ampara District but failed to get re-elected. [14] [15]

Electoral history

Electoral history of U. L. M. Mohideen
ElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceVotesResult
1989 parliamentary [4] Ampara District SLMC 22,758Not elected
1994 parliamentary [5] Ampara District SLMC 26,194Elected
2000 parliamentary [8] Ampara District SLMC PA 75,378Elected
2001 parliamentary Ampara District SLMC PA Not elected

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Nakkawita, Wijitha; Lakshmi, de Silva. "He served people of his area well - Nimal Siripala". The Island (Sri Lanka) . No. 24 March 2007.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
  4. 1 2 de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23.
  5. 1 2 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-06.
  6. ↑ "PM honours U. L. M. Mohideen for his political culture". Daily News (Sri Lanka) . 8 September 2005.
  7. ↑ "SLMC member receives junior minister post". TamilNet . 16 August 2000.
  8. 1 2 "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
  9. 1 2 Farook, Latheef (23 December 2014). "SLMC: Liability on the Muslim community". Daily FT . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Satyapalan, Franklin R. (21 June 2001). "SLMC-NUA quit PA coalition". The Island (Sri Lanka) .
  11. ↑ "Former Minister and six others crossover to opposition". olicy Research & Information Unit, Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. 21 June 2001.
  12. ↑ "Sri Lanka govt. faces collapse as Muslims leave". TamilNet . 20 June 2001.
  13. ↑ "UNP to contest as UNF with elephant symbol". TamilNet . 21 October 2001.
  14. ↑ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 13 — DIGAMADULLA" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001.
  15. ↑ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
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