Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas was the
Mayor of Colombo from 2006 to 2011. Imtiyas was an
Auto rickshaw driver from an impoverished background who contested local government elections on an independent ticket. At that stage he had no realistic chance of being elected. However, technical electoral issues (proposing an underage candidate in the list) meant that the
UNP candidates led by
Sirisena Cooray could not contest the election. An agreement was reached to use the symbol of Imitiyas's group on the condition that he would renounce the seat if elected, allowing the UNP to appoint a mayor of their own choice. UNP led by Cooray campaigned for the independent group and they won under the spectacles symbol, but Imitiyas reneged on the agreement and remained in office, joining the ruling
UPFA and did not stand for re-election.
2006 winners of Colombo Municipal Council election to support ruling alliance this time
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References
External links
Mayor Imitiyas facing one-man commission of inquiry in July 2007
Past Mayors of Colombo (official site)
Ex-mayor-now-a-chauffeur
Colombo MC Jewel In The Crown, Kandy, Dehiwela – Mt Lavinia Close Behind
Living people
Mayors of Colombo
Year of birth missing (living people)
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