A. R. M. Abdul Cader

Sri Lankan politician (1936–2015)

Hon. Abdul Cader

Minister of Co-operatives
In office 2001–2004
Member of Parliament for Kandy District
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
In office 1989–2001
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 2001–2004

Personal details
Born	(1936-10-30)30 October 1936
Died	3 October 2015(2015-10-03) (aged 78) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United People's Freedom Alliance

Abdul Rahim Mohideen Abdul Cader (30 October 1936 – 3 October 2015) was a Sri Lankan politician and businessman.^[1] He was a representative from the Kandy District (Mahanuwara) for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^[2] He was Minister of Cooperatives in the UNP government formed in 2001.^[3] In August 2004, he was arrested on corruption accusations.^[4] In November 2004, he was granted bail.^[5]

References

^ "Abdul Cader no more". Daily Mirror. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ Parliament profile Archived March 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Sri Lanka cabinet list
^ Online edition of Daily News - News Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Online edition of Daily News - News Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara
Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province (24)

Kandy	Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake Y. M. Nawaratna Banda M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero Keheliya Rambukwella
Matale	Sujatha Alahakoon Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Ranjith Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
Nuwara Eliya	P. Chandrasekaran Santhanam Arulsamy S. B. Dissanayake Renuka Herath N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe S. Jegadhiswaran C. B. Rathnayake Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman

North Central Province (13)

Anuradhapura	S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadde K. D. Lalkantha R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana
Polonnaruwa	Siripala Gamalath Earl Gunasekara Maithripala Sirisena S. K. Subasinghe C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Eastern Province (31)

Ampara	Ferial Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal Rauff Hakeem A. M. M. Naushad K. Pathmanathan Thomas Thangathurai William L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa
Batticaloa	S. Jeyanandamoorthy Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Kingsley Rasanayagam P. Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
Jaffna	Douglas Devananda S. Kajendran Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Suresh Premachandran Nadarajah Raviraj N. Srikantha Mavai Senathirajah M. K. Shivajilingam Pathmini Sithamparanathan K. Sivanesan Solomon Cyril
Trincomalee	M. N. Abdul Majeed R. Sampanthan K. Thurairetnasingam Jayantha Wijesekara
Vanni	Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen S. Kanagaratnam S. Kishore Vino Noharathalingam

North Western Province (24)

Kurunegala	Indika Bandaranayake Bandula Basnayake Rohitha Bogollagama Anura Kumara Dissanayake Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam M. D. Namal Karunaratne S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Bimal Rathnayaka Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Puttalam	Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Piyankara Jayaratne Weerakumara Dissanayake Milroy Fernando Samansiri Herath Larine Perera Neomal Perera Dayasritha Tissera

Sabaragamuwa Province (19)

Kegalle	Kabir Hashim Maheepala Herath H. R. Mithrapala Anuruddha Polgampala Lalith Dissanayake Champika Premadasa R. M. Gamini Rathnayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Mano Wijeyeratne
Ratnapura	Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Deepal Gunasekara Achala Jagodage Premalal Jayasekara Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera Mahinda Ratnatilaka John Seneviratne Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Southern Province (25)

Galle	Vajira Abeywardena Amarasiri Dodangoda Chandima Weerakkody Piyasena Gamage Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Hemakumara Nanayakkara Lionel Premasiri Gunaratna Weerakoon Chandrasena Wijesinghe Thilakaratne Withanachchi
Hambantota	Mahinda Amaraweera Nihal Galappaththi Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Vijitha Ranaweera Dilip Wedaarachchi
Matara	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Chandrasiri Gajadeera Jinadasa Kitulagoda Pemasiri Manage Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province (13)

Badulla	Nimal Siripala de Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Dilan Perera Ravindra Samaraweera M. Satchithanandan Lakshman Senewiratne Vadivel Suresh Samantha Vidyaratna
Monaragala	Dharmadasa Banda R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara R. M. Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera Sumedha G. Jayasena A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara

Western Province (47)

Colombo	Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge T. Maheswaran Mohamed Rajabdeen Mohamed Mahroof M. H. Mohamed Milinda Moragoda Susil Premajayantha Arjuna Ranatunga Kahaluwe Ratnaseeha Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe
Gampaha	Lasantha Alagiyawanna Siripala Amarasinghe Sarath Kumara Gunaratna John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sarana Gunawardena Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Duleep Wijesekera Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Aparekke Punnananda Thero Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Sripathi Sooriyarachchi Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero Alawwe Nandaloka Thero A. R. Anjan Umma
Kalutara	Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Nandana Gunathilake Sarath Ranawaka Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna Athuraliye Rathana Thero Mahinda Samarasinghe S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Piyasiri Wijenayake

National List (29)

JHU	Ellawala Medhananda Thero Omalpe Sobhitha Champika Ranawaka
SLMC	Hasen Ali
TNA	M. K. Eelaventhan Raseen Mohammed Imam Joseph Pararajasingham C. Chandrakanthan
UNF	Hussein Ahamed Bhaila K. N. Choksy Basheer Segu Dawood Rauff Hakeem Navin Dissanayake Abdul Baiz Kamardeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana M. Mohamed Musthaffa G. L. Peiris W. P. S. Pushpakumara V. Puththirasigamoney Ismail Mohammed Quddus S. Nijamudeen P. Radhakrishnan M. S. Sellasamy
UPFA	Ramalingam Chandrasekar D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena M. H. Cegu Isadean Mohamed Ismail Anwar Ismail Basil Rajapaksa Lakshman Kadirgamar Dullas Alahapperuma J. A. Mary Lucida Mervyn Silva Janadasa Peiris Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wasantha Samarasinghe V. Muralitharan Philipps Sri Liyanage Mohamed Mussammil Tissa Vitharana Wiswa Warnapala E. A. D. C. Weerasekera Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

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Prime Minister: D. M. Jayaratne/Ranil Wickremesinghe
Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Nimal Siripala de Silva

Western

Colombo	Sarath Fonseka (Jayantha Ketagoda) A. H. M. Fowzie Praba Ganeshan Mohan Lal Grero Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Champika Ranawaka Sujeewa Senasinghe Rosy Senanayake Duminda Silva Thilanga Sumathipala Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe
Gampaha	Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Pandu Bandaranaike Sudarshani Fernandopulle Sarath Kumara Gunaratne Sarana Gunawardena Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Ajith Mannapperuma Felix Perera Basil Rajapaksa Ruwan Ranatunga Athuraliye Rathana Wasantha Senanayake Mervyn Silva Upeksha Swarnamali Dulip Wijeysekara Ruwan Wijewardene
Kalutara	Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Ajith Perera Arjuna Ranatunga Mahinda Samarasinghe Rajitha Senaratne Palitha Thewarapperuma Kumara Welgama Vidura Wickremenayake

Central

Kandy	Mahindananda Aluthgamage Dilum Amunugama Sarath Amunugama Abdul Cadar S. B. Dissanayake Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Keheliya Rambukwella Lohan Ratwatte Eric Prasanna Weerawardena
Matale	Wasantha Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Nandimithra Ekanayake Lakshman Wasantha Perera Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
Nuwara Eliya	Palani Digambaran Navin Dissanayake Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam Velusami Radhakrishnan Perumal Rajathurai C. B. Rathnayake Arumugam Thondaman

Southern

Galle	Piyasena Gamage Sajin Vass Gunawardena Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Manusha Nanayakkara Ramesh Pathirana Mohan De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Gunaratna Weerakoon
Matara	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Wijaya Dahanayake Chandrasiri Gajadeera Hemal Gunasekara Sanath Jayasuriya Buddhika Pathirana Mangala Samaraweera
Hambantota	Mahinda Amaraweera V. K. Indika Wehella Kankanamge Indika Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi

Northern

Jaffna	Silvestri Alantine Murugesu Chandrakumar Douglas Devananda Vijayakala Maheswaran Suresh Premachandran Eswarapatham Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah Sivagnanam Sritharan Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy
Vanni	Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen Hunais Farook Muthali Bawa Farook Noordeen Mashoor Vino Noharathalingam

Eastern

Batticaloa	Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Alim Mohamed Hisbulla Basheer Segu Dawood Pon Selvarasa Seeniththamby Yogeswaran
Digamadulla	A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Podiappuhamy Piyasena Sarath Weerasekara Sriyani Wijewickrama
Trincomalee	Susantha Punchinilame M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana Rajavarothiam Sampanthan M. S. Thowfeek

North Western

Kurunegala	Ashoka Abeysinghe K. W. Shantha Bandara Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Nalin Bandara Jayamaha Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Neranjan Wickramasinghe Nimal Wijesinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Puttalam	Palitha Range Bandara Arundika Fernando Milroy Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Niroshan Perera Neomal Perera Victor Anthony Perera Dayasritha Thissera

North Central

Anuradhapura	Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake P. Weerakumara Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Tissa Karalliyadde Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe
Polonnaruwa	Earl Gunasekara Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Maithripala Sirisena Jayasinghe Bandara C. A. Suriyaarachchi

Uva

Badulla	Lal Chamika Buddhadasa Nimal Siripala De Silva Harin Fernando Udith Lokubandara Dilan Perera Rohana Pushpakumara Lakshman Senewiratne Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage
Monaragala	Vijitha Berugoda Sumedha G. Jayasena R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa

Sabaragamuwa

Ratnapura	Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Ranjan Ramanayake Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku W. D. J. Senewiratne Ranjith de Zoysa Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Janaka Wakkumbura
Kegalle	Jagath Balasuriya Lalith Dissanayake Kanaka Herath Kabir Hashim H. R. Mithrapala Champika Premadasa Y. G. Padmasiri Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya

National List

UPFA	Dullas Alahapperuma A.H.M. Asvar Malini Fonseka Achala Jagodage D. M. Jayaratne D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena Ellawala Medhananda Thero Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan G. L. Peiris Janaka Priyantha Bandara Kamala Ranathunga Muthu Sivalingam J. R. P. Suriyapperuma Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Rajiva Wijesinha Tissa Vitharana
UNF	Hasen Ali M. S. M. Aslam Tissa Attanayake Harsha de Silva Anoma Gamage M. Joseph Michael Perera D. M. Swaminathan Eran Wickramaratne Ramaiah Yogarajan
DNA	Tiran Alles Anura Kumara Dissanayake
TNA	M. A. Sumanthiran

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Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989) Current District: Kandy Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1989)	George E. de Silva Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne Tamara Ilangaratne Edward Senanayake E. Hendrick de Silva Piyasena Tennakoon Edward Senanayake
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Dingiri Banda Wijetunga D. M. Jayaratne Anura Daniel Mahavithanaarachchige (Until 1989) Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille Tissa Attanayake Premachandra Wijesiri Mahinda Abeykoon Yasaratne Tennakoon Lakshman Kiriella (1994 – 2000): Gamini Dissanayake (Until 1994) D. M. Jayaratne Anuruddha Ratwatte Lucky Jayawardena A. R. M. Abdul Cader Wilson Kuruppuarachchi Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Tissa Attanayake Lakshman Kiriella Sarath Amunugama Ediriweera Weerawardhana Irajarathnan Sivasamy (2000 – 2001): Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte D. M. Jayaratne Tissa Attanayake Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama A. R. M. Abdul Cader Lakshman Kiriella M. H. A. Haleem Lucky Jayawardena Ediriweera Weerawrdena Rauff Hakeem (2001 – 2004): Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte Tissa Attanayake Sarath Amunugama M. H. A. Haleem Rauff Hakeem Lakshman Kiriella Srimathi Manthilake Thilina Bandara Tennakoon Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lucky Jayawardena Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon (2004 – 2010): Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Keheliya Rambukwella Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lakshman Kiriella Y. M. Nawaratna Banda Sarath Amunugama M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero (2010 – 2015): Mahindananda Aluthgamage Keheliya Rambukwella S. B. Dissanayake Lohan Ratwatte A. R. M. Abdul Cader Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Rauff Hakeem Lakshman Kiriella M. H. A. Haleem Dilum Amunugama Faiszer Musthapha Sarath Amunugama (2015 – Present): Lakshman Kiriella Lohan Ratwatte Mahindananda Aluthgamage Mayantha Dissanayake Dilum Amunugama Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Anuradha Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Keheliya Rambukwella M. Velu Kumar Ananda Aluthgamage