Ferial Ismail Ashraff is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n politician. She was the wife of M. H. M. Ashraff

M. H. M. Ashraff

Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff was a Sri Lankan politician and founder/leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress political party.-Early life:...

, the deceased leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....

 and the National Unity Alliance. She was the Minister of Housing and Common Amenities under President Chandrika Kumaratunga

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...

. She was a representative of Ampara District

Ampara District

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 for the United People's Freedom Alliance

United People's Freedom Alliance

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 in the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Parliament of Sri Lanka

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. She resides in Colombo

Colombo

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In 2010, she was appointed to the board of the National Institute of Education. In 2011 she was appointed to the position of ambassador to Singapore

Singapore

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