M. L. A. M. Hizbullah

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
Political party United People's Freedom Alliance
Alma mater University of Madras
Religion Islam
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Moor

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

  1. ↑ "Directory of Members: M.L.A.M. Hizbullah". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 3 4 de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 269.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Economic Dev. Deputy Minister Hizbullah assumes duties". Daily FT. 11 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. 1 2 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ Peiris, Roshan (13 February 2000). "A glimpse of Iranian culture". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  7. ↑ "Govt. has links with LTTE, alleges UNP". The Island (Sri Lanka). 5 October 2000.
  8. ↑ Goonewardene, Dinali (3 December 2000). "Hot water in the pipeline". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  9. ↑ "The ultimate solution: Only between Govt. and LTTE". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 1 March 2003.
  10. ↑ "Power struggle for SLMC leadership takes new turn". TamilNet. 13 August 2001.
  11. ↑ Krishnaswamy, P. (1 September 2002). "Ferial: 'No merger' : Joint SLMC-NUA plank for Thailand talks". Sunday Observer.
  12. ↑ Jayasekara, Bandula (27 June 2005). "Ferial under pressure, Hisbullah quits". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  13. 1 2 "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  14. ↑ "Parliamentary General Election 2004 Final District Results - Batticaloa District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  15. 1 2 "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  16. ↑ Jansz, Frederica (13 September 2009). "This week - Hizbullah in the dock". The Sunday Leader.
  17. ↑ "The huff, puff and the bluff". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 25 May 2008.
  18. ↑ "Hizbullah crosses over to UPFA". TamilNet. 1 April 2008.
  19. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Eastern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1549/17. 15 May 2008.
  20. ↑ "Pillayan sworn in as CM for Eastern Province". TamilNet. 16 May 2008.
  21. ↑ "Independent, his bull ah?". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 May 2008.
  22. ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & c., by the Governors APPOINTMENTS OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1552/19. 5 June 2008.
  23. 1 2 "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  24. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1651/03. 26 April 2010.
  25. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1795/43. 31 January 2013.
  26. ↑ Srinivasan, Meera (22 December 2014). "Rajapaksa’s Muslim ally defects to opposition". The Hindu.
  27. ↑ Bandara, Kelum (23 December 2014). "Rishad’s party splits; Hizbullah remains with MR". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  28. ↑ "UPFA appoints 7 defeated candidates on National List". Daily FT. 22 August 2015.
  29. ↑ Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Several former MPs will not return to parliament". News First.
  30. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/25. 21 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "UPFA finalises National list". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 21 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "New State and Deputy Ministers". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.
  33. ↑ "State and Deputy Ministers take oaths (Updated Full List)". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.
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