Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar (12 May 1917 – 10 September 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant.

His family traced its roots to one Sheik Jamaluddeen-Al-Maghdoomi, an Arab settler who settled down in the coastal town of Beruwala.

He was known for his appearing pro bono for maintenance cases at courts for women facing abandonment.

[4] With the formation of the Beruwala Electoral District in 1960, he contested the March 1960 general election from the United National Party (UNP) and won, entering parliament.

[1] In the meantime, he wrote the book Yen Singhalam, which became a cultural pillar among the nations in Sri Lanka.

[7] He was awarded the honor of Deshamanya by the President of Sri Lanka in 1992 and finally, he resigned as Governor of the Southern Province and political career on 21 December 1993.

[7] He hails from Maradana, Beruwala where, as historically revealed the early Arabs who arrived in Ceylon (Sailan) built the first ever Mosque in the country, Masjid Al Abrar.

He was the founder President of the Iraq-Sri Lanka Friendship Association and remained in this position until his demise.

[7] In the early 1970s, when the plane carrying the Indonesian Haj Pilgrims on return journey crashed in Sri Lanka it was Bakeer Markar, then as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, rushed to the scene of the incident and took personal interest to have the bodies of the pilgrims dispatched to Indonesia.

[8] Later, he married Jazeela and they had four children, daughters Haseeba, Faseeha, Faheema and son Yazir.