M. A. Bakeer Markar

M. A. Bakeer Markar
Governor of Southern Province
In office
13 June 1988 – December 1993
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byLeslie Mervyn Jayaratne
Minister without Portfolio
In office
September 1983 – June 1988
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
Prime MinisterRanasinghe Premadasa
12th Speaker of the Parliament
In office
21 September 1978 – 30 August 1983
PresidentJ. R. Jayewardene
Prime MinisterRanasinghe Premadasa
Preceded byAnandatissa de Alwis
Succeeded byE. L. Senanayake
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
In office
4 August 1977 – 7 September 1978
Preceded byI. A. Cader
Succeeded byNorman Waidyaratne
Member of Parliament
for Beruwala
In office
April 1965 – March 1970
Preceded byI. A. Cader
Succeeded byI. A. Cader
In office
March 1960 – April 1960
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byI. A. Cader
Personal details
BornMohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar
12 May 1917
Died10 September 1997(1997-09-10) (aged 80)
Beruwala, Sri Lanka
PartyUnited National Party
Spouse(s)Sithy Kadija Muhammad Raffai, Jazeela
Children8 including Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
EducationSt. Sebastian's College, Hulftsdorp,
Zahira College, Colombo
Alma materCeylon Law College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionProctor
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Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar (12 May 1917 – 10 September 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Governor of the Southern Province.