Badi-ud-din Mahmud

Badi-ud-din Mahmud
Minister of Education
In office
31 May 1970 – 23 July 1977
Prime MinisterSirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded byI. M. R. A. Iriyagolle
Succeeded byNissanka Wijeyeratne
In office
23 July 1960 – 28 May 1963
Prime MinisterSirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded byBernard Aluwihare
Succeeded byP. B. G. Kalugalla
Minister of Health and Housing
In office
28 May 1963 – 1965
Prime MinisterSirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded byA. P. Jayasuriya
Succeeded byM. D. H. Jayawardena
Personal details
Born(1904-06-23)23 June 1904
Died16 June 1997(1997-06-16) (aged 92)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Resting placeMaligawatte Muslim Burial Grounds
CitizenshipSri Lankan
PartySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Socialist Front
Spouse(s)Shamsun Nahar (div. 1955)
Fathima Khanum
ChildrenKamila Latif, Kamaludin Irshad Mahmud, Jamaludin Tariq Mahmud, Vaseema Ismail, Nusrath Anver
Alma materAligarh Muslim University, Zahira College (Colombo), St. Thomas (Matara), Wesley College
OccupationPolitician
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Deshamanya Al-Haj Badi-ud-din Mahmud (23 June 1904 – 16 June 1997) was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and educationist from Matara. He was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and he served multiple terms as a cabinet minister under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. His notable ministerial roles included Minister of Education for two terms and Minister of Health and Housing.

Mahmud was also dedicated to social and educational reform, having served as the first principal of Zahira College in Gampola.