Abdul Caffoor Mohamad Ameer
Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer QC | |
|---|---|
| 32nd Attorney General of Ceylon | |
| In office 1966โ1970 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze |
| Succeeded by | Victor Tennekoon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1914 Veyangalla, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Spouse | Rahila |
| Children | Fazl, Farook, Shireen, Yasmin, Shiraz |
| Residence(s) | 96, 5th Lane, Colombo 3 |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Barrister at Law |
Attorney General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1966, succeeding Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze, and held the office until 1970. He was succeeded by Victor Tennekoon.[1]
Ameer attended
MA and was called to the bar as a barrister from the Inner Temple. On his return to Ceylon, he was enrolled as an advocate in 1940. He joined the Attorney General's Department as a Temporary Additional Crown Counsel on 1 October 1947. On 1 March 1949 he was confirmed as a Crown Counsel.[2]
He was involved in leading the prosecution of
national honour of the title of Deshamanya in 1991 the first-ever Independence Day National Honours list created in 1986.[4] Former minister M. L. M. Aboosally
was his brother-in-law.
References
- ISBN 978-955-599-000-4
- ^ The Ceylon Civil List 1954. Ceylon: The Government Press.
- ^ "General Assembly, 24th session, official records, Special Political Committee, 681st meeting". 1969.
- ^ "National Awards". Presidential Secretariat - Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 November 2013.