Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana

Quick Facts

Full Name	Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 25, 1956(1956-06-25)
Age	68
Birthplace	Eravur
Country	Sri Lanka
Birth City	Eastern Province
Horoscope	Gemini

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Biography

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 25, 1956 in Eravur, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (born 25 June 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician, former politician and local government official. He is best well- known for the significant and pivotal role that he played in bringing ending the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Before the elections for Parliament on August 24, 1994 Moulana along with his supporters was invited by the then President D.B. Wijetunga to become members of the United National Party (UNP). In light of the increasing popularity of the religious Sri Lanka Muslim Congress led by its founder leader M. H. M. Ashraff in the region, his disdain toward communal politics and his inclination to create an identity that is national that is a part of the Muslim community inspired Moulana accepting the invite. later, he ran for and won in the 1994 General Election with the UNP for the Batticaloa District, and was an opposition member of the Parliament.

He was previously elected as a Member of Parliament for the Batticaloa District, under the United National Party from August 16, 1994 until his resignation on June 23, 2004.

Around 5:40 pm on December 9, 1995, Moulana and another UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena were travelling to Batticaloa from Colombo, when their convoy was ambushed along the A15 highway in Kiran by around 40 members of the LTTE. After 11 minutes of intense fighting, the convoy managed to enter the cover of the nearby Sittandy army camp. Moulana and Jayawardena escaped unhurt, although two of Moulana’s bodyguards were killed in the attempt, while 5 others sustained injuries.

On the 11th of August of 1990 in 1990, the LTTE committed an enthralling overnight massacre in Eravur which killed more than 200 civilians, while they were sleeping in their home. Two nights earlier the massacre, they had retaken and destroyed the Eravur Police Station leaving the population in a state of total helplessness. Moulana became the very first one to arrive at the scene and, with the assistance of Ministry of Defense Ranjan Wijeratne the army camp was set up at the home of Moulana to prevent any future attacks against the population.

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Net Worth

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana is one of the richest Politician from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

To further his education the student went to Jamal Mohamed College in Trichy, India, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in commerce and shortly thereafter, to the University of California, Los Angeles, US, obtaining the master’s certificate in information technology in 1987.

Moulana later returned to Sri Lanka in 1988 and was active in politics.

In March 1994, Local Government Elections were held in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. Moulana formed an independent party and contested as its chief candidate in the Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha elections. His party was elected with a large majority, and as the highest polled, he was unanimously elected Chairman of the Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha.

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He then requested Moulana to arrange for secured transportation for himself and his trusted lieutenants to withdraw to the capital city of Colombo. As nearly 500 LTTE troops were moving fast on the offensive towards Karuna’s base in Thopigalla, Moulana who happened to be close to the area, and due to the extreme sensitivity of the situation, decided to personally go to Karuna’s base and get Karuna to safety himself. A six-car convoy carrying Moulana, Karuna and 20 other confidantes of Karuna retreated to Colombo on April 9, 2004, under the cover of darkness, where they were handed over by Moulana to high-ranking officers of the Sri Lanka Army Military Intelligence. Intelligence reports later revealed to the public said that Moulana and Karuna had managed to escape from the advancing LTTE forces by a mere 10 minutes.

Facts & Trivia

Seyed Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.

In March 2004, Colonel Karuna officially announced in two letters that he sent to the LTTE leadership with copies to the international media that he was renouncing his LTTE membership, along with 5000 troops loyal to him in the districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara. This was the biggest expression of dissension in the history of the LTTE, severely weakening the LTTE’s fighting force and a clash within the factions in the LTTE seemed imminent. Karuna then formed his own political party, the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and absorbed over 5000 troops loyal to him from the LTTE into his new party’s paramilitary wing.