Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas

Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas was Mayor of Colombo , Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2010 .

Imitiyas came to office by an administrative-political accident. By profession an auto rickshaw driver from poor backgrounds, he applied for the office of mayor as an independent . As such, he had no chance of winning. However, because the United National Party (UNP), one of the largest parties in the country, had elected a minor , their list was not approved and the UNP could not have participated in the elections .

In order to still win the votes of the traditional UNP electorate, an agreement was reached that the eligible UNP candidates would be included in Imitiyas' list and that he would resign from office after the election. The UNP under Siriseena Cooray so led campaign for Imitiyas' list, which then won the elections. To the annoyance of the UNP, however, Imitiyas refused to follow the agreement after the election and remained in office.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Past Mayor of Colombo ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Colombo Municipal Council website . Retrieved January 30, 2013 
2. ↑ Rotational mayors as Colombo gets trishaw driver as her 1st citizen , Sunday Times , May 28, 2006