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Revision as of 13:50, 8 September 2010
Sajith Premadasa MP සජිත් ප්රේමදාස | |
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File:Sajith Premada.jpg Sajith Premadasa | |
Suchritha Sanasuma, Weerawila | |
Member of Parliament for Hambantota District | |
Former Deputy Minister of Health | |
Personal details | |
Born | January 12, 1967 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse | Jalani Premadasa |
Alma mater | S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Royal College Colombo, Mill Hill School, London School of Economics |
Occupation | Politician |
Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician. His is a current Member of Parliament for Hambantota District and was the former Deputy Minister of Health in Sri Lanka. He is the son of Ranasinghe Premadasa the former President of Sri Lanka.
Education
He studied at S. Thomas' Preparatory School Kollupitiya for 5 years and thereafter at Royal College Colombo for 4 years, and then attended Mill Hill School in North London where he sat for his O' level and A' level examinations. He obtained a Bsc. Degree in Economics, International Relations and Political Science from the London School of Economics.
Politics
General Election 2010
For the fourth general election in a row, Sajith Premadasa won the highest percentage of preferential votes out of all United National Party candidates on Thursday, which was just under 90 percent of United National Party votes in the Hambantota Electoral District.
General Election
Sajith first entered politics in 2000, when he was elected to parliament from Hambantota with 83 percent of the UNP preferential votes. He won 82 percent of the preferential votes in the 2001 election and 84 percent in the 2004 election and 89 percent in 2010.
Tharuna Saviya
Tharuna Saviya, the Youth Movement of Sajith Premadasa. The mission of the Tharuna Saviya is to recruit, train, mobilize, and engage youth in all 25 District’s of Sri Lanka to win the battle of ideas and elections in order to move towards a new Premadasa era. Tharuna Saviya serves as a voice for youth across the country, and provides them with the training and resources they need to succeed in winning future generations.
Jana Suwaya
Jana Suwaya People Development Foundation initiated in 1994 has made an earnest attempt at addressing the paramount issues of basic human needs faced by the people of Hambantota.
Through the establishment of 20 NGOs, which are registered under the social services ministry of Srilanka, Janasuwaya program has embarked on a pathbreaking mission to light up the lives of the less fortunate, poorest of the poor and the downtrodden in hambantota society.
See also
References & External links
- Biographies of Member of Parliament
- Tharuna Saviya Facebook Page
- Right Royal rally of old Royalists in the Sri Lanka Parliament
- 'He has a fine sense of wit and humour'
- Sajith Premadasa facebook page
- Sajith Premadasa YouTube page
- 'Sajith urges reforms in UNP where power is centered'
- 'Sajith Ready For More Responsibility'
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