Uduma Lebbe Mohamed Mohideen (born 28 February 1939; also known as Thoppi Mohideen) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n lawyer, politician, Member of Parliament and deputy minister.

Early life and family

Mohideen was born on 28 February 1939. He was educated at Zahira College and Alexandra College. He later studied at

Ceylon Law College Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enroll as a attorney-at-law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal ...

and qualified as a lawyer.

Career

Mohideen joined the

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

(SLFP) in its early days. He was a member of the local authority in

Sammanthurai Sammanthurai ( ta, சம்மாந்துறை, translit=Cam'māntuṟai; si, සමන්තර, translit=Samantara, si, සම්මාන්තුරේ , translit=Sammānturē), is a town in Ampara District of Eastern Province of Sri L ...

. Mohideen was one of the

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ( ta, சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රස� ...

' (SLMC) candidates in

Ampara District Ampara District ( ta, அம்பாறை மாவட்டம், translit=Ampāṟai Māvaṭṭam; si, අම්පාර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, translit=Ampāra Distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the s ...

at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the SLMC candidates. He contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the SLMC's candidates in Ampara District. He was elected and entered

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Services in August 2000. He contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the People's Alliance's (PA) candidates in Ampara District and was re-elected. Following the death of

M. H. M. Ashraff Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff ( ta, முகம்மது ஹுசைன் முகம்மது அஷ்ரப்; 23 October 1948 – 16 September 2000 ) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, government minister and founder/lead ...

, the leader of the SLMC, in September 2000 there was a power struggle between Ashraff's widow

Ferial Ashraff Ferial Ismail Ashraff (born August 20, 1953) is a Sri Lankan politician. She was the wife of M. H. M. Ashraff, the deceased leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the National Unity Alliance.Rauff Hakeem Abdul Rauff Hibbathul Hakeem (born 13 April 1960) is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament, representing the Kandy electorate since 2010. Hakeem is the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), and a member of the United ...

for control of the party. In June 2001 Hakeem and some other SLMC MPs left the governing PA. Mohideen however remained with the PA government. In October 2001 the Hakeem led SLMC joined the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

dominated United National Front (UNF). Mohideen contested the 2001 parliamentary election as PA candidate in Ampara District but failed to get re-elected.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohideen, U. L. M. 1939 births Alumni of Ceylon Law College Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Eastern Provincial Council People from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Muslim Congress politicians Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan lawyers Sri Lankan Muslims Year of death missing