S. Z. M. Mashoor Moulana Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
S. Z. M. Mashoor Moulana
Native Name:மசூர் மௌலானா
Office:Kalmunai Municipal Council (mayor)
Term Start:2009
Term End:2011
Order1:Chairman, Karaivakupattu Village Council (1966–1974)
Order2:Senator, Senate Council of Ceylon Parliament
Order3:Member, Eastern Provincial Council (1988–1991)
Order4:First Secretary, Indian Tamil Nadu High Commission (1991–1993)
Term Start3:1966
Term End3:1974
Birth Date:31 January 1932
Birth Place:Maruthamunai, Sri Lanka
Death Place:Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Otherparty:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Spouse:Bushrathul Naheema
Partner:S. Z. M. Sakkaf Moulana (brother)
Children:7

Mibuhani Moulana(d)Yasmin MoulanaAkram MoulanaShiham MoulanaMafahir MoulanaIlham MoulanaNoushad Moulana

Residence:Colombo
Alma Mater:Al-Manar Central College Maruthamunai, Shivananda National College, Batticaloa, Zahira College, Colombo, Sri Lanka Law College
Occupation:Politician
Profession:English teacher

Alhaj S. Z. M. Mashoor Moulana (மசூர் மௌலானா, 31 January 1932 – 4 December 2015), born in Maruthamunai, Eastern Province, was a Sri Lankan politician.

He began his political career alongside the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi leader, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, with whom he was very closely associated in all his political activities.

He addressed on the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi platform and contested the 1960 General Election and lost the seat by a narrow margin of 112 votes. In 1966 he became the chairman of the Karaivakupattu Village Council, a position that he remained in until 1974.

Moulana served as the chairman of the Hotels Corporation during President J.R. Jayewardene & Prime Minister R. Premadasa's time, and thereafter as a member of the Eastern Provincial Council.

Moulana was also then Mayor of the Kalmunai Municipal Council between 2009 and 2011.

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