Education
Street Peter"s College, Colombo.
Street Peter"s College, Colombo.
He is the Senior Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and is also a social and religious worker He also served as acting Governor for Sabaragamuwa in 2009. Moulana was appointed as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Senior Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya.
He was a councillor in the Colombo Municipal Council for a period of 10 years.
In 1994 he entered Parliament as the Deputy Minister of Media going on to become a Cabinet Minister of the Provincial Council and Local Government. Moulana also served as acting Governor for Sabaragamuwa in 2009.
In 2012, during his 80th birthday ceremony Alavi Moulana was conferred the "Jana Prasadini" title at a ceremony held under the by the President Mahinda Rajapkasa. The President said "Moulana had been a tower of strength to him and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for a long time" and wished him a long life in his service to the nation and the working community.
Entering politics in 1948as a Trade Unionist, Moulana is a veteran Sri Lankan politician and leader. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, he was Cabinet Minister of Labour, and a Councilor in the Colombo Municipal Council. Alavi Moulana entered politics in 1948 as a Trade Unionist.
In 1956 he joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and in 1960, under the leadership of Sirimavo Bandaranayake, he became the leader of the Trade Union Movement of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.