Imthiaz Bakeer Markar (Sinhala: ඉම්තියාස් බාකීර් මාකාර් (born 8 August 1953) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician.
[1][2][3][4] Imthiaz was born on 8 August 1953 in Beruwala,[citation needed] Sri Lanka as the only child of the family.
His father Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar, was a politician who later served as the 12th Parliamentary Speaker from 1978 to 1983 and the governor of the Southern Province from 1988 to 1993.
He graduated from the University of Kelaniya with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and thereafter he entered the Sri Lanka Law College and qualified as an Attorney-at-Law in 1981.
Markar is married to Ummu Fareeda in 1981 and they have five children: Asaf, Azam, Fadhil, Adhil and Insaf.