K. M. Thowfeek Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
K. M. Thowfeek
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp1:Trincomalee District
Parliament1:Sri Lankan
Term Start1:2001
Term End1:2004
Birth Date:4 April 1958
Party:United People's Freedom Alliance

Kabeeb Mohamed Thowfeek (born 4 April 1958; also known as Thideer Thowfeek) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life and family

Thowfeek was born on 4 April 1958.[1] He is the brother of M. S. Thowfeek.[2]

Career

Thowfeek contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected and entered Parliament.[3] He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) candidate in Trincomalee District but failed to get re-elected after coming fifth amongst the SLMC candidates.[4]

Thowfeek contested the 2006 local government election as an independent group candidate and was elected to Muttur Divisional Council, becoming its chairman.[5] [6] Thowfeek contested the 2008 provincial council election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance's (UPFA) candidates in Trincomalee District but failed to get elected to the Eastern Provincial Council.[7] [8] [9]

Thowfeek contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Trincomalee District but failed to get elected after coming sixth amongst the UPFA candidates.[10]

Electoral history

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2006 local Muttur DC Elected
Not elected
Not elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Thideer Thowfeek. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Weerakkody. Kalinga. Defence Minister orders: Security strengthened in East. The Island (Sri Lanka). 20 August 2003.
  3. Web site: General Election 2001 Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015155/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2001GE.pdf . dead . 2010-03-04 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  4. Web site: General Election 2004 Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015514/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf . dead . 2010-03-04 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  5. PART IV (B) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT Notices under the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 262) Notice under Section 66 (2). 10 April 2006. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1440/11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130401134437/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2006/Pdf/Apr/1440-11/1440-11E.pdf. 1 April 2013.
  6. News: Kinniya, Muttur Council chairmen take oaths. TamilNet. 16 April 2006.
  7. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice Under Section 22(1). 4 April 2008. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1543/30. 24 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20130404210010/http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/Apr/1543_30/1543_30E.pdf. 4 April 2013. dead.
  8. News: Kamalendran. Chris. Where hope and fear live side-by-side. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 13 April 2008.
  9. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Eastern Province Provincial Council . 15 May 2008 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1549/17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195143/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1549_17/1549_17E.pdf . 25 May 2014 .
  10. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Trincomalee Preferences. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034918/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Trincomalee_pref_GE2010.pdf. dead. 2010-05-13. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.