M. N. Abdul Majeed
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Honourable M. N. Abdul Majeed MP |
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| நஜீப் அப்துல் மஜீத் | |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Eastern Province | |
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In office 18 September 2012 – 6 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | S. Chandrakanthan |
| Succeeded by | Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen |
| Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Trincomalee District | |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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| Minister of Co-operatives | |
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In office 2007–2010 |
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| Deputy Minister of Post & Telecommunications | |
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In office 2000–2001 |
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| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Trincomalee District |
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In office 2004–2010 |
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In office 1994–2001 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1957 |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations |
United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Relations | A. L. Abdul Majeed |
| Alma mater |
Kinniya Central College Zahira College, Gampola St. John's Academy, Jaffna |
Mohamed Najeeb Abdul Majeed (Tamil: நஜீப் அப்துல் மஜீத்; born 1 January 1957) is a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Eastern Province.
Majeed was born on 1 January 1957. He was the son of A. L. Abdul Majeed was Member of Parliament for Mutur from 1960 to 1977 and Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting. He was educated at Kinniya Central College, Zahira College, Gampola and St. John's Academy, Jaffna.
Majeed then moved to Colombo and became a junior executive at a shipping company. His father was assassinated on 14 November 1987, allegedly by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Majeed returned to Kinniya to take on his father's political mantle.
Majeed contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's candidates in Trincomalee District but failed to get elected. In 1993 he became chairman of Kinniya Divisional Council. Majeed joined the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) in 1994 and contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of its candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected to Parliament as the sole SLMC representative from Trincomalee District. The SLMC contested the 2000 parliamentary election as part of the People's Alliance (PA) in Trincomalee District. Majeed was re-elected, this time as a People's Alliance candidate. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunications.
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