Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
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The Honourable Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana MP |
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| සේයෙඩ් අලි සාහිර් මෞලාන அலி சாஹிர் மௌலானா |
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| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Batticaloa District |
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Assumed office 17 August 2015 |
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In office 16 August 1994 – 23 June 2004 |
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| Member of Eastern Provincial Council | |
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In office 6 February 2015 – 17 August 2015 |
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| Chairman of Eravur Urban Council | |
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In office 17 March 2011 – 6 February 2015 |
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In office 12 March 1994 – 16 August 1994 |
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| Minister of Economic Affairs, Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. | |
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In office 6 December 2007 – 15 December 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
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June 25, 1956 Eravur, Dominion of Ceylon |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress |
| Other political affiliations |
United People's Freedom Alliance United National Front for Good Governance |
| Residence | Eravur, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater |
St. Michael's College National School, Batticaloa University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Software Engineer |
| Religion | Islam |
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (born 25 June 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician, former diplomat and local government activist. He is most known for the pivotal and important role he played in bringing about an end to the Sri Lankan Civil War.
He has been politically active since 1988, and is the current Member of Parliament for the Batticaloa District, and the only directly elected Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Parliamentarian in the current Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was previously elected as a Member of Parliament for the Batticaloa District, under the United National Party from August 16, 1994 until his resignation on June 23, 2004.
Moulana is most noted for his orchestration of the defection of prominent members of the LTTE guerrilla group, including its one-time Military Commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (Colonel Karuna), from the terror outfit to the government in 2004. He resigned his seat in Parliament shortly thereafter due to the rising threat on his life from the LTTE. Moulana thereafter was appointed as a high-ranking diplomat at the Embassy of Sri Lanka to the United States., and upon his return to Sri Lanka elected as the Chairman of the Eravur Urban Council in 2011. He thereafter was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council, and held that position until his re-election to Parliament in August 2015.
Moulana grew up in Eravur, and attended St. Michael’s College of Batticaloa for his primary education. He thereafter attended Jamal Mohamed College in Trichy, India and later the University of California, Los Angeles, USA obtaining a degree in Computer Science in 1987. Moulana then returned to Sri Lanka in 1988 and entered active politics.
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