Sajith Premadasa

The Honourable
Sajith Premadasa MP
සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස
The Honourable Sajith Premadasa MP ; සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස
	File:Sajith Premadasa Official.jpg Sajith Premadasa
Minister of Housing and Samurdhi
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 January 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Deputy Leader; United National Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014
Preceded by	Karu Jayasuriya
	In office; 2011–2013
Preceded by	Karu Jayasuriya
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of Parliament; for Hambantota
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 October 2000
Deputy Minister of Health
	In office; 2001–2004
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Personal details
Born	January 12, 1967 (age 57); Colombo
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Spouse	Jalani Premadasa
Relations	Ranasinghe Premadasa (Father)
Parent	Ranasinghe Premadasa (father);
Residence(s)	Sucharitha Senasuma,; Wellawaya Road, ; Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka.
Alma mater	S. Thomas' Preparatory School, ; Royal College Colombo, ; Mill Hill School, ; London School of Economics
Occupation	Politician
Website	http://sajithpremadasa.org

Sajith Premadasa (Sinhala : සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස, Tamil : சஜித் பிரேமதாச) (born 12 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician,current cabinet minister, working committee member (Deputy Leader) of the United National Party (UNP), the government party of Sri Lanka and 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. Premedasa was appointed as the Cabinet Minister of Housing and Samurdi by President Maithripala Sirisena on 13 January 2015.

Education

He attended S. Thomas' Preparatory School Kollupitiya for 5 years and Royal College Colombo for 4 years. Premadasa completed his higher education in London.

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.He was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Health under the premiership of Ranil Wickramasinghe in 2001 and remained till 2004 when his government was dissolved by President Chandrika.

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 Sri Lanka, 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.

Sasunata Aruna

Sajith Premadasa, has initiated a novel project, namely Sasunata Aruna, to help and assist Buddhist temples and Sunday schools in line with the 2600 Sambuddatwa Jayanthi celebrations this year

References & External links

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