A. H. M. Fowzie | |
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Member of Parliament for Colombo District | |
Assumed office 9 February 2023 | |
Preceded by | Mujibar Rahuman |
Minister of Highways | |
In office 2000–2001 | |
Minister of Environment & Natural Resources | |
Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development | |
Minister of Disaster Management | |
In office 2010–2015 | |
Member of Parliament for National List | |
In office 2015–2020 | |
Mayor of Colombo | |
In office 1974–1977 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie 13 October 1937 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie (born 13 October 1937) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. He served as Mayor of Colombo between 1974 and 1977. Fowzie was a parliament member from 1996,[1] representing the United National Party, but later joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
In 2009 he was injured while walking with a crowd in the Akuressa suicide bombing. He joined the National Government of Sri Lanka led by the United National Party as the Minister of Disaster Management.
He re-entered parliament in 2023, after being elected as the Samagi Jana Balawegaya representative from the Colombo District, following the resignation of Mujibur Rahman, who ran for Colombo mayor.[2]