Rauff Hakeem
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Honourable Rauff Hakeem MP MPC |
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| ரவூப் ஹக்கீம் රවුෆ් හකීම් |
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| Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Preceded by | Athauda Seneviratne |
| Succeeded by | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunication | |
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In office 28 January 2007 – 16 December 2007 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Minister of Ports Development and Shipping | |
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In office December 2001 – April 2004 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Succeeded by | Mangala Samaraweera |
| Minister of Internal and International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs and Shipping Development | |
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In office 19 October 2000 – 20 June 2001 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Succeeded by | Ronnie de Mel |
| Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 25 August 1994 – 18 August 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Ariya B. Rekawa |
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In office 14 September 2000 – 10 October 2000 |
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| Succeeded by | Lalith Dissanayake |
| Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | |
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Assumed office 2000 |
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| Preceded by | M. H. M. Ashraff |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kandy District |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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In office 2000–2004 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Ampara District |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Succeeded by | A. M. M. Naushad |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List |
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In office 2008–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Basheer Segu Dawood |
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In office 1994–2000 |
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| Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Trincomalee District | |
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In office 2008–2008 |
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| Succeeded by | A. U. Razik Fareed |
| Personal details | |
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13 April 1960 Nawalapitiya, Ceylon |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress |
| Other political affiliations |
United National Front for Good Governance |
| Alma mater | Sri Lanka Law College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Islam |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Moor |
| Website | rauffhakeem |
Abdul Rauff Hibbathul Hakeem (born 13 April 1960) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. He is the current leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), a member of the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).
Hakeem was born 13 April 1960 in Nawalapitiya in central Ceylon. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo. After school he joined Sri Lanka Law College. He later received a LL.M. degree.
Hakeem is married to Shanaz (Shahnaz), owner of an ice cream parlour in Colombo. During the 2001 parliamentary election campaign Kumari Cooray, daughter of politician Mervyn J. Cooray, claimed and then denied that she had been having an affair with Hakeem. In May 2004, during the struggle to fill the Speaker position in Parliament, Cooray appeared on Rupavahini and claimed that Hakeem had ended their relationship and that she was suicidal. Cooray killed herself by setting herself ablaze outside Hakeem's home in Kollupitiya on 6 October 2005. According to the Sunday Times, two months prior to her suicide Cooray had made a complaint at Kollupitiya police station that Hakeem had assaulted her at her home.
Hakeem came across M. H. M. Ashraff, founder/leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), whilst working at Faisz Musthapha's chambers.
Hakeem joined the SLMC in 1988. He served as general-secretary of the party from 1992 to 2000 and represented it at the All Party Conference between 1991 and 1993. Prior to the 1994 parliamentary election the SLMC entered into an electoral pact with main opposition People's Alliance (PA). After the election Hakeem was appointed as a PA National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament. Following the PA's victory the SLMC joined the new government. Ashraff was appointed Minister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation and two other SLMC MPs became deputy ministers whilst Hakeem became Deputy Chairman of Committees.
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