President Mahinda Rajapaksa Name M. Zuhair Religion Islam | Occupation Attorney at law Alma mater Zahira College | |
Full Name Mohamed Mohamed Zuhair Born July 11, 1947 (age 76)
Colombo, Sri Lanka ( 1947-07-11 ) | ||
Education Zahira College, Colombo | ||
Mohamed Mohamed Zuhair, PC (born 11 July 1947) is a current General-Director of Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka and a former member of Parliament for People's Alliance national list from 1990 to 2000.
Career
He was graduated from Zahira College.
Zuhair became member of parliament from People's Alliance National List in the Government of Kumaratunga and he served as MP from 1990 to 2000 until the defeat of Kumaratunga's government in Parliamentary polls.
Following the victory of Mahinda Rajapaksa's Presidential Election, he was unanimously appointed as Chairman of state-owned Media Rupavahini Corporation.
During his tenure as an Ambassador to Iran, He played key role in arranging an Iranian credit line that helped Sri Lanka to obtain fuel supplies on concessionary terms at a critical stage of the war against the LTTE.