Education
Royal College, Colombo.
Royal College, Colombo.
He was educated at Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. He also served as Minister of Higher Education under former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe"s Government from 2001 to 2004. General Secretary of United National Party.
On 8 December 2014, Kabir was appointed as General Secretary of United National Party by Ranil Wickremasinghe, In the same day former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Kegalle District and currently serving as General Secretary for the United National Party and Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was first elected as Member of Parliament in 2001 and had the highest preferential votes in the Kegalle District in 2004.