Kabir Hashim

Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir (Sinhala: කබීර් හෂීම්, Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம்; born 19 May 1959) popularly known as Kabir Hashim is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and is the Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion of the government of Sri Lanka. He was former General Secretary of the United National Party. He was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. Hashim has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Kabir was first elected as Member of Parliament in 2001 and had the highest preferential votes in the Kegalle District in 2004. He also served as Minister of Higher Education under former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's Government from 2001 to 2004.

General Secretary of United National Party

On 8 December 2014, Kabir was appointed as General Secretary of United National Party by Ranil Wickremasinghe, On the same day former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.