Badi-ud-din Mahmud

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Hon. Deshamanya Badi-ud-din Mahmud
Minister of Education
In office 31 May 1970 – 23 July 1977
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
Succeeded by	Nissanka Wijeyeratne
In office 23 July 1960 – 28 May 1963
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	Bernard Aluwihare
Succeeded by	P. B. G. Kalugalla
Minister of Health and Housing
In office 28 May 1963 – 1965
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by	A. P. Jayasuriya
Succeeded by	M. D. H. Jayawardena
Personal details
Born	23 June 1904 Matara, Sri Lanka
Died	16 June 1997 (aged 92) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Resting place	Maligawatte Muslim Burial Grounds
Citizenship	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	Islamic Socialist Front
Spouse(s)	Shamsun Nahar (div. 1955) Fathima Khanum
Children	Kamila Latif, Kamaludin Irshad Mahmud, Jamaludin Tariq Mahmud, Vaseema Ismail, Nusrath Anver
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University, Zahira College (Colombo), St. Thomas (Matara), Wesley College
Occupation	Politician

Deshamanya Al-Haj Badi-ud-din Mahmud (23 June 1904 – 16 June 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician. He served ten years as Minister of Education and two years as the Minister of Health and Housing.^[1][2]