Hon.
Naseer Ahamed
MP

නසීර් අහමඩ්
Minister of Environment
In office
18 April 2022 – 6 October 2023
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Dinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byMahinda Amaraweera
Succeeded byKeheliya Rambukwella
3rd Chief Minister of the Eastern Province
In office
6 February 2015 – 30 September 2017
GovernorAustin Fernando
Preceded byM. N. Abdul Majeed
Member of Parliament
for Batticaloa District
In office
20 August 2020 – 6 October 2023
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Dinesh Gunawardena
Eastern Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Livestock Production, Rural Industrial Development, Fisheries and Tourism
In office
September 2012 – February 2015
GovernorMohan Wijewickrama
Chief MinisterM. N. Abdul Majeed
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council
In office
September 2012 – September 2017
GovernorMohan Wijewickrama
Austin Fernando
Rohitha Bogollagama
Chief MinisterM. N. Abdul Majeed
ConstituencyBatticaloa District
Personal details
Born (1961-04-16) April 16, 1961
Eravur, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Political partyIndependent (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (until 2023)
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
ResidenceColombo, Sri Lanka
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer (B.S in Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)

Naseer Ahamed Zainulabdeen, MP (Sinhala:නසීර් අහමඩ්; born 16 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician, former Cabinet Minister and former member of parliament.[1] He is the former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province.[2] Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Environment by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.[3]

He was accused of corrupt practices by interfering with administration and issuing illegal sand mining permits. This was detailed in the COPE committee minutes. On 6 October 2023, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka unanimously made a landmark judgement in which it affirmed the power of a political party to expel a member, thus ensuring their dismissal from Parliament. Such decision was made after Naseer Ahamed was expelled from his party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, for going against his party and accepting a ministerial position, thereby dismissing his seat and ministerial position.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament of Sri Lanka - Naseer Ahamed".
  2. ↑ "SLMC's Ahmed appointed as CM". Colombo Gazette. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Krishnasai, C. "Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster". WION News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Supreme Court in landmark judgement affirms power of political parties to expel members". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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