Al-Hajj Mohamed Falil Abdul Caffoor,

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(20 March 1907 - 31 March 1980) was a Ceylonese businessmen and politician. A successful gem merchant, he was the member of parliament for Colombo Central and member of the Colombo Municipal Council. Born as the eldest son of Noor Deen Hajiar Abdul Caffoor, a successful gem merchant and owner of the

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in Colombo. Falil Caffoor, was educated at

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and joined the family business. In 1954, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the

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for his services for commerce. In 1965, he was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council and was shortly elected to parliament form the Colombo Central with the highest preferential votes in the 1965 general election and was reelected in the 1970 general election. He later served as a Director of the Bank of Ceylon and the Honorary Consul for Iraq to Sri Lanka.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caffoor, Falil 1907 births 1980 deaths Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia Colombo municipal councillors Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Honorary consuls People from Colombo Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan businesspeople United National Party politicians Ceylonese Members of the Order of the British Empire People from British Ceylon