Abdul Aziz (6 October 1912 – 5 June 1990) was an Indian-born Ceylonese politician and trade unionist.
[3][4] Aziz was born in India and educated at the Bombay University before moving to Ceylon to join his father.
Aziz one of the founding members of the Ceylon Indian Congress (CIC), which was formed on 15 July 1939, with Aziz as one of the joint secretaries, following a visit by Jawaharlal Nehru to Ceylon,[5] In 1942 he was elected as the president of the CIC Labour Union.
In 1944 Aziz led the CIC delegation before the Soulbury Commission requesting constitutional safeguards for the citizenship and voting rights of the people of recent Indian origin but failed to get any substantial guarantees from the Commission.
However the 1972 Republican Constitution subsequently abolished the appointed member system.