Ramesh Pathirana
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Ramesh Pathirana | |
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| Minister of Plantation | |
| Assumed office 12 August 2020 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Himself as Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture |
| Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture | |
| In office 22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Navin Dissanayake |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Minister of Plantation |
| Member of Parliament for Galle District | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1969 |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
| Alma mater | Richmond College (Sri Lanka), University of Peradeniya |
| Profession | Physician |
Ramesh Pathirana is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[1]He was educated at Richmond College, Galle and University of Peradeniya. He is a physician by profession and is the son of former Education and Higher Education minister Richard Pathirana.
Political career
He was appointed as Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture on 22 November 2019 [2] [3]
He was appointed as Minister of Plantation on 12th August 2020 by the SLPP government [4] [5]
Elections
Elected to parliament first in 2010. [6]
In the 2020 general elections held on 5th August 2020 he won the highest preferential votes of 205,814 in the Galle district [7]
References
- ^ "RAMESH PATHIRANA". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka\'s interim cabinet under new President sworn-in". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "New Cabinet sworn in - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Sri Lanka President appoints cabinet ministers, state ministers". EconomyNext. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ^ "නව ඇමැති මණ්ඩලය". www.lankadeepa.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "14th Parliament of Sri Lanka", Wikipedia, 2020-06-15, retrieved 2020-08-07
- ^ Pathirana, Ramesh (7 August 2020). www.adaderana.lk http://www.adaderana.lk/news/66250/preferential-votes-of-galle-district-released. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
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