Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Kabir Hashim | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: කබීර් හෂීම් Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம் |
Order: | General Secretary of United National Party |
Term Start: | 8 December 2014 |
Term End: | 5 April 2018 |
Predecessor: | Tissa Attanayake |
Successor: | Palitha Range Bandara |
Leader: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Office1: | Minister Public Development |
President1: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Primeminister1: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Term Start1: | 4 September 2015 |
Term End1: | 17 November 2019 |
Office2: | Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion |
President2: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Primeminister2: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Term Start2: | 12 January 2015 |
Term End2: | 22 March 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Office3: | Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion |
President3: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Primeminister3: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Term Start3: | 22 March 2015 |
Term End3: | 17 August 2015 |
Office4: | Minister of Tertiary Education, Training |
Office5: | Minister of Higher Education |
Term Start5: | 2001 |
Term End5: | 2004 |
Constituency Mp6: | Kegalle District |
Parliament6: | Sri Lankan |
Term Start6: | 2001 |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1959 |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | Samagi Jana Balawegaya (since 2020) |
Occupation: | Politician and economist |
Otherparty: | United National Party (before 2020) |
Residence: | 156, Lake Drive, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka. |
Alma Mater: | Royal College Colombo, Trinity College, Kandy, University of Kelaniya |
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir (Sinhala: කබීර් හෂීම්, Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம்; born 19 May 1959) popularly known as Kabir Hashim is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and former Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was formerly the General Secretary of the United National Party.
Kabir was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. Kabir has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Kabir was first elected as Member of Parliament in 2001 and had the highest preferential votes in the Kegalle District in 2004. He also served as Minister of Higher Education under former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's Government from 2001 to 2004.
On 8 December 2014, Kabir was appointed as General Secretary of United National Party by Ranil Wickremasinghe, On the same day former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1] [2]