Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Ameer Ali Sihabdeen | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister of Disaster Relief Services |
Term Start: | 2007 |
Term End: | 2010 |
Constituency Mp2: | Batticaloa District |
Parliament2: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start2: | 17 August 2015 |
Term Start3: | 2 April 2004 |
Term End3: | 9 February 2010 |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1961 |
Birth Place: | Oddamavadi, Sri Lanka |
Birth Name: | Ammer Ali Seyed Mohammad Sihabdeen |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Spouse: | Hayrunnisa Ameer Ali |
Party: | United National Party |
Residence: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Alma Mater: | Sri Lanka Law College |
Profession: | Teacher, Lawyer |
Ammer Ali Seyed Mohammad Sihabdeen (born 20 December 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka[1] and a Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs.[2] Ameer Ali is married and has three sons.[3]
At the 13th parliamentary elections in April 2004 he was elected to parliament as a member for Batticaloa. He served as the Non-Cabinet Minister of Disaster Relief Services from 2007 until February 2010. Sihabdeen failed to get re-elected at the subsequent parliamentary elections in 2010.
In 2012 Sihabdeen was elected to the 2nd Eastern Provincial Council, representing United People's Freedom Alliance in the Batticaloa Electoral District.[4]
At the 15th parliamentary elections, held in August 2015, he was re-elected as a member for Batticaloa, representing the All Ceylon Makkal Congress. After his election he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Rural Economic Affairs.