Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail

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Hon. Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail MBE

Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Puttalam
In office 1947–1960
Preceded by	seat created
Succeeded by
5th Speaker of the Parliament
In office 19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959
Prime Minister	John Kotelawala S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Preceded by	Albert Peries
Succeeded by	Tikiri Banda Subasinghe

Personal details
Born	(1901-05-19)19 May 1901 Puttalam
Died	3 August 1974(1974-08-03) (aged 73)
Political party	Independent

Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail, MBE (19 May 1901 - 3 August 1974) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was the 5th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^[1]

Early life and education[]

Born in Puttalam to a middle-class family, started his Qur’anic lessons in 1905. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Puttalam and at Wesley College, Colombo. He entered the Ceylon Law College, and passed the Proctor's Finals exams in 1925 winning several prizes.^[2]

Legal career[]

Having qualified as a Proctor, Ismail started his legal practice in Colombo, but soon moved it to his home town of Puttalam.^[2]

Political career[]

Entering local politics, Ismail was elected member of the Puttalam Local Board in 1929 and member of the Puttalam Urban Council in 1933 and served as Chairmen of the Puttalam Urban Council from 1936 to 1947. He was elected un-contested in the 1947 general election from the Puttalam electorate as an independent candidate to the Parliament of Ceylon. Soon after he was appointed by Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food and Co-operative Undertakings. In 1948, he was elected Vice President of the All Ceylon Muslim League. Elected in the 1952 general election, he was elected Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Chairman of Committees serving till 1956 and was elected Speaker following the 1956 general election, serving till 1959. In 1961, he was elected President of the All Ceylon Muslim League. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1949 New Year Honours.^[2]

References[]

^ "Ismail, Hameed Hussain Sheikh". Parliament.lk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Azwer, Alhaj A. H. M. "The Golden Plain - Life and times of Alhaj H. S. Ismail". Island. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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Political offices
Preceded by Albert Peries	Speaker of the Parliament 1956–1959	Succeeded by Tikiri Banda Subasinghe

show v t Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Molamure Obeysekera Duraiswamy Molamure Peries Ismail Subasinghe Pelpola Fernando Peries Corea Tillekeratne de Alwis Markar Senanayake Mohamed Ratnayake Bandaranaike Perera Lokubandara Rajapaksa Jayasuriya Abeywardena

show v t ← // Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon (1947 (1947)–1952) →
Speaker: Alexander Francis Molamure/Albert Peries Prime Minister: D. S. Senanayake/Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda George E. de Silva T. B. Ilangaratne, Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne Senerat Gunewardene R. S. Pelpola K. Kumaravelu G. R. Motha Abdul Aziz V. T. Nanayakkara E. A. Nugawela T. B. Panabokke H. R. U. Premachandra K. Rajalingam H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka H. B. Tenne Savumiamoorthy Thondaman C. V. Velupillai
Eastern Province (7)	A. R. A. M. Abubucker S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. M. Ebrahim M. S. Kariapper Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe V. Nalliah S. Sivapalan
Northern Province (9)	S. J. V. Chelvanayakam K. Kanagaratnam V. Kumaraswamy G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)	P. L. Bauddhasara P. B. Bulankulame S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	Ivan Dassanayake J. J. Fernando Kavisena Herath I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Herbert Sri Nissanka Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. E. Attygalle D. F. Hettiarachchi N. H. Keerthiratne E. W. Mathew Alexander Francis Molamure Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Reginald Perera Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake Florence Senanayake
Southern Province (12)	H. D. Abeygoonewardane Simon Abeywickrema H. W. Amarasuriya Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva Arthur de Zoysa Walwin de Silva) D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama P. Kumarasiri D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa V. G. W. Ratnayake W. Wickremasinghe
Uva Province (7)	Leo Fernando J. C. T. Kotelawala K. V. Nadarajah D. Ramanujam J. A. Rambukpota S. M. Subbaiah K. D. Sugathadasa
Western Province (20)	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Somaweera Chandrasiri R. A. de Mel T. F. Jayewardene Colvin R. de Silva George R. de Silva A. Ekanayake Gunasinha Cholomondeley Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Kusumasiri Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena T. B. Jayah M. C. M. Kaleel A. P. Jayasuriya D. P. Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene D. D. Karunaratne P. P. Jayawardena Pieter Keuneman Wilmot A. Perera Henry Peiris D. S. Senanayake S. A. Silva H. de Z. Siriwardena
Appointed (6)	E. F. N. Gratiaen Rosslyn Koch F. H. Griffith R. Singleton-Salmon J. A. Martenze J. W. Oldfield S. A. Pakeman G. R. Whitby

show v t ← Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon (1952 (1952)-1956) →
Speaker: Albert Peries Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake/John Kotelawala Leader of the Opposition: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Central Province (15)	Bernard Aluwihare M. D. Banda H. E. P. de Mel M. W. R. de Silva Robert Edward Jayatilaka C. A. S. Marikkar E. A. Nugawela T. B. Panabokke H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake Fredrick de Silva P. H. C. Silva P. P. Sumanatilaka H. B. Tenne U. B. Unamboowe
Eastern Province (7)	M. M. Ebrahim R. B. Kadramer A. M. Merza M. E. H. Mohamed Ali V. Nalliah N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam
Northern Province (9)	V. Kumaraswamy S. Natesan G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam V. Veerasingam
North Central Province (5)	P. B. Bulankulame C. P. de Silva S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	Shirley Corea Ivan Dassanayake Kavisena Herath I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Dingiri Bandara Welagedara
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. E. Attygalle C. R. Beligammana N. H. Keerthiratne A. E. B. Kiriella E. W. Mathew Alexander Francis Molamure N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Dudley Senanayake Harold Weragama
Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis William de Silva Ian de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Charles Edirisuriya Montague Jayawickrama D. A. Rajapaksa V. G. W. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera Doreen Young Wickremasinghe
Uva Province (7)	M. B. Bambarapane Leo Fernando Gladwin Kotelawala J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris J. A. Rambukpota E. B. Dimbulane Wilfred A. Ratwatte K. D. Sugathadasa
Western Province (20)	A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe John Amaratunga S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Somaweera Chandrasiri P. Andrew Cooray Razik Fareed Kusumasiri Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena S. de Silva Jayasinghe D. P. Jayasuriya M. D. H. Jayawardena T. F. Jayewardene J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel C. W. W. Kannangara D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman Cyril E. S. Perera Wilmot A. Perera
Appointed (6)	R. P. Gaddum Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray V. R. S. Schokman Robert Singleton-Salmon A. C. Tutein-Nolthenius S. P. Vythilingam

show v t ← Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956)-1959) →
Speaker: Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Prime Minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike/Wijeyananda Dahanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda M. A. D. Dissanayake K. Hemachandra T. B. Ilangaratne Robert Edward Jayatilaka S. Jinadasa L. S. Jinasena Nimal Karunatilake C. A. S. Marikkar M. B. W. Mediwake R. S. Pelpola Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera
Eastern Province (7)	S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. S. Kariapper Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam
Northern Province (9)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam P. Kandiah V. A. Kandiah V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam C. Suntharalingam C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)	C. P. de Silva M. S. Dissanayake Sirimevan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	M. A. Adikari Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinha Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. R. Beligammana Kusumasiri Gunawardena Maithripala Herath D. F. Hettiarachchi M. P. Jothipala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody
Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala D. S. Goonesekera Panini Ilangakoon D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa S. W. D. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (7)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. D. Goonaratne Y. G. Jayasinghe J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (20)	S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Colvin R. de Silva Stanley de Zoysa Razik Fareed Hector Fernando Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Cholomondeley Goonewardene Robert Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe Sagara Palansuriya Dayasena Pasqual Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Bernard Soysa M. S. Themis Vimala Wijewardene
Appointed (6)	M. P. Drahaman R. P. Gaddum (O. B. Forbes) Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray R. S. V. Poulier R. Singleton-Salmon

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