Faisz Musthapha

Faisz Musthapha is a Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat.

Faisz Musthapha

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Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
April 2002 – February 2005
Preceded byMangala Moonesinghe
Succeeded byKshenuka Senewiratne
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Ceylon
ProfessionLawyer
EthnicitySri Lankan Moor

Early life and family

Musthapha is the son of S. M. Musthapha, a leading lawyer who practised in Kandy.[1][2] He was educated at the University of Ceylon.[3]

Musthapha is married to Ameena (Fathima).[1][4] Their son Faiszer is a lawyer and government minister whilst their daughter Faisza is also a lawyer.[1][2][5]

Career

Musthapha has been practising law since the mid 1960s and is a President's Counsel.[1][6] He served as chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka between 2000 and 2003.[7][8][9]

Musthapha served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom between April 2002 and February 2005.[10][11][12]

See also
  • Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats

References
  1. Selvanayagam, S. S. (19 December 2011). "Forth generation of Musthaphas forays into legal domain". Daily FT.
  2. "Faiszer Musthapha on Prime TV's 'Celeb Chat'". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 17 October 2010.
  3. Sanmuganathan, Muttusamy (7 April 2004). "Professor Tambyah Nadaraja, a fine legal mind". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  4. Fernando, Reggie (2 June 2002). "Faisz Musthapha presents credentials to Queen". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  5. "Faiszer Musthapha appointed as legal adviser to President". Daily Nation (Sri Lanka). 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22.
  6. "Father and son both President's counsel". The Island (Sri Lanka). 16 November 2012.
  7. "Members of the Commission". Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
  8. "Sri Lanka: Statement by Faisz Musthapha". United Nations.
  9. Jeyasinghe, Amal (24 September 2000). "Sri Lanka rights panel in spin over vote-rigging row". The Island (Sri Lanka). Agence France-Presse.
  10. "The History of the High Commission". High Commission of Sri Lanka, London. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  11. "World disaster teams arrive". BBC News. 29 December 2004.
  12. Farook, Ruzaik (6 November 2015). "'Celebration of Excellence' at Bishop's auditorium". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
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