13 Facts About Alavi Moulana

Alavi Moulana was the 5th Governor of Western Province, having assumed office on 1 February 2002.

Alavi Moulana was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Cabinet Minister of Labour, and a councillor in the Colombo Municipal Council.

Alavi Moulana was the Senior Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was a social and religious worker.

Alavi Moulana served as acting Governor for Sabaragamuwa in 2009.

Alavi Moulana entered politics in 1948 as a Trade Unionist.

Alavi Moulana was a councillor in the Colombo Municipal Council for a period of 10 years.

Alavi Moulana was an advisor to former President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Muslim Affairs.

In 2012, during his 80th birthday ceremony Alavi Moulana was conferred the 'Jana Prasadini' title by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The President said "Alavi Moulana had been a tower of strength to him and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for a long time" and wished him a long life in his service to the nation and the working community.

Alavi Moulana has received many national and international awards for decades of service to trade unionism.

Alavi Moulana has received National awards by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga for more than 45 years of service rendered for the Trade Union movement in Sri Lanka.

Alavi Moulana has received several Vishvaprasadini and National and International awards as member of the World Federation of Trade Unions.

Alavi Moulana has represented Sri Lanka in several seminars of the Trade Union throughout the World, and in 2001 was appointed as the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Region of the International Labour Organization for a period of three years, which was proposed by China and seconded by India.