M. H. Mohamed

Mohamed was the first Sri Lankan Moor to hold office as Mayor of Colombo from 1960 to 1962.

His grandfather Marhoom Abdur Rahman was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

He contested the 1965 general elections as the United National Party candidate in the Borella electorate and was elected to parliament defeating the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) candidate Vivienne Goonewardena.

[5] In April 1985, President J. R. Jayewardene sent M. H. Mohamed, along with his henchmen to attack Tamils in the village of Karaitivu (Ampara).

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