{"id":50,"date":"2026-06-09T09:18:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:15:30","slug":"leader","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Rishad Bathiudeen<\/u><\/strong> is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament (MP), and the leader of the <strong>All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC)<\/strong>. He serves as an MP for the Vanni Electoral District. Known as a key representative of Sri Lanka&#8217;s Muslim minority, Bathiudeen has held several senior cabinet portfolios under multiple presidential administrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Profile Overview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date of Birth<\/strong>: November 27, 1972<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Profession<\/strong>: Civil Engineer (holds a National Diploma in Technology from the University of Moratuwa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Political Status<\/strong>: Member of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka (contested under the Samagi Jana Balawegaya &#8211; SJB alliance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Base Constituency<\/strong>: Vanni Electoral District (covering Vavuniya, Mannar, and Mullaitivu) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ministerial &amp; Legislative Career<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bathiudeen was first elected to Parliament in <strong>December 2001<\/strong> and has maintained his seat continuously across successive terms. Over nearly two decades, he served in several key cabinet positions, including:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Minister of Industry and Commerce<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minister for Rehabilitation and District Development<\/strong>  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his tenures, he was highly involved in the state-sponsored resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Northern Province following the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishad Bathiudeen is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament (MP), and the leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC). He serves as an MP for the Vanni Electoral District. Known as a key representative of Sri Lanka&#8217;s Muslim minority, Bathiudeen has held several senior cabinet portfolios under multiple presidential administrations. Profile Overview [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2026.acmc.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}