Former Speaker and Minister M.H. Mohamed passed away at the age of 95.

Born in June 1921, he was the Mayor of Colombo in 1960-62 and later was elected to parliament.

He served as the Speaker during the 1989 - 1994 period. He was criticized by some opposition figures for his role regarding the controversial impeachment motion against former President Ranasinghe Premadasa.

Mohamed was the 14th Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament and has entered history as the first Muslim Mayor of Colombo.