Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
|
The Honourable Imthiaz Bakeer Markar MP |
|
|---|---|
| Chairman of the National Media Centre | |
|
Assumed office 20 September 2016 |
|
| Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications | |
|
In office 2001–2004 |
|
| State Minister of Housing | |
|
In office 1988–1993 |
|
| Member of Parliament for Kalutara District |
|
|
In office 1989–2004 |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 August 1953 Beruwala, Ceylon |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Children | Asaf, Azam, Fadhil, Adhil, Insaf |
| Alma mater |
Holy Cross College, Kalutara Zahira College, Gampola Ananda College University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka Law College |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Attorney-at-Law |
| Religion | Islam |
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar (born 8 August 1953) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Chairman of the National Media Centre and former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications from 2001 to 2004 and State Minister of Housing from 1989 to 1993. He was also a member of the parliament from the Kalutara District from 1989 to 2004. Bakeer Markar is a former Vice President of the United National Party (UNP).
Born in Beruwala on 8 August 1953, his father was M. A. Bakeer Markar, who was a former Parliamentary Speaker and a former Governor of the Southern Province. His ancestry can be traced to Sheik Jamaluddeen-Al-Maghdoomi, Arab settler who settled down in Beruwala. His grandfather Hakeem Alia Marikkar belonged to a family of physicians, whose ancestors were physicians.
He was educated at Holy Cross College, Kalutara, Zahira College, Gampola before completing his secondary education at Ananda College, Colombo. He graduated from the University of Kelaniya with a BSc in Mass Communication and he completed the law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College taking oaths as an Attorney-at-Law in 1981.
...
Wikipedia