Asanka Shehan Semasinghe

Hon.
Shehan Semasinghe
MP
Hon. Shehan Semasinghe MP
අසංක ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ ; அசங்க ஷெஹான் சேமசிங்க
Minister of State for Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 September 2022 Serving with Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
President	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister	Dinesh Gunawardena
Minister of Trade
	In office; 18 April 2022 – 9 May 2022
President	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	Bandula Gunawardena
Succeeded by	Nalin Fernando
Minister of State for Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development
	In office; 12 August 2020 – 3 April 2022
President	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of State for Development Banking and Loan Schemes
	In office; 27 November 2019 – 12 August 2020
President	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Member of Parliament; for Anuradhapura District
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2010
Personal details
Born	November 13, 1976 (age 48)
Nationality	Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political; affiliations	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Asanka Shehan Semasinghe is a Sri Lankan Politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Anuradhapura. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.^[1]^[2] He is currently serving as Minister of State for Finance, serving with Ranjith Siyambalapitiya since 8 September 2022. ^[3] Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Trade by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.^[4]^[5] He left office on May 9th following the resignation of then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and thereby the collapse of the government.

Notes

^ "SHEHAN SEMASINGHE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
^ "Shehan Semasinghe". Manthri.lk. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
^ "New State Ministers sworn in". www.adaderena.lk. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
^ Krishnasai, C. "Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster". WION News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
^ "President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers". Ada Derana.lk. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

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