Kabir Hashim

{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician and economist}}

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| honorific-prefix = Hon.

| name = Kabir Hashim

| honorific-suffix = MP

| native_name = {{lang|si|කබීර් හෂීම්}}
{{lang|ta|கபீர் ஹாசிம்}}

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| order = General Secretary of United National Party

| term_start = 8 December 2014

| term_end = 5 April 2018

| predecessor = Tissa Attanayake

| successor = Palitha Range Bandara

| leader = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| office1 = Minister Public Development

| president1 = Maithripala Sirisena

| primeminister1 = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| term_start1 = 4 September 2015

| term_end1 = 17 November 2019

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| office2 = Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion

| president2 = Maithripala Sirisena

| primeminister2 = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| term_start2 = 12 January 2015

| term_end2 = 22 March 2015

| predecessor2 = Mahinda Rajapaksa

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| office3 = Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion

| president3 = Maithripala Sirisena

| primeminister3 = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| term_start3 = 22 March 2015

| term_end3 = 17 August 2015

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| office4 = Minister of Tertiary Education, Training

| office5 = Minister of Higher Education

| term_start5 = 2001

| term_end5 = 2004

| constituency_MP6 = Kegalle District

| parliament6 = Sri Lankan

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| term_start6 = 2001

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|05|19|df=y}}

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| nationality = Sri Lankan

| party = Samagi Jana Balawegaya (since 2020)

| occupation = Politician and economist

| otherparty = United National Party (before 2020)

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| residence = 156, Lake Drive,
Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.

| alma_mater = Royal College Colombo,
Trinity College, Kandy,
University of Kelaniya

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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 former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and former Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was formerly the General Secretary of the United National Party.

Kabir was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. Kabir has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.