Prasanna Ranatunga

Hon.
Prasanna Ranatunga
MP
Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga MP
Minister of Industrial Exports & Investment Promotions, Tourism & Aviation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 November 2019
President	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Member of Parliament; for Gampaha District
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 September 2015
Majority	384,448 Preferential Votes
7th Chief Minister of Western Province
	In office; 4 May 2009 – 1 September 2015
Preceded by	Reginald Cooray
Succeeded by	Isura Devapriya
Personal details
Born	Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Spouse	Maureen
Relations	Reggie (father) ; Arjuna (brother); Nishantha (brother); Dammika (brother) ; Sanjeeva (brother) ; Ruwan (brother)
Children	Archana, Pavithra, Udara
Alma mater	Ananda College

Prasanna Ranatunga is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Western Province, Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance.^[1] He is the brother of former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Ranatunga entered parliament in 2015 from Gampaha District as an opposition member. Ranatunga received a vote count of 384,448 in the 2015 parliamentary elections

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^ Western Province Chief Ministers
^ Prasanna - New Chief Minister of WP
^ Western Province council
^ UPFA confident of victory at LG Polls - Prasanna Ranatunga
^ Western Province Prasaana Ranatunga Archived 17 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Western Province Chief Ministers

[2] Prasanna - New Chief Minister of WP

[3] Western Province council

[4] UPFA confident of victory at LG Polls - Prasanna Ranatunga

[5] Western Province Prasaana Ranatunga Archived 17 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Gampaha
Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989) Current District: Gampaha Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1989)	Don David Karunaratne Paulis Peiris Jayawardena Samuel Dias Bandaranayake A. T. Basnayake Samuel Dias Bandaranayake
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Sirimavo Bandaranaike Anura Bandaranaike Joseph Michael Perera John Amaratunga Ranil Wickremesinghe Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Paul Perera Lakshman Jayakody Wijayapala Mendis Donald Dissanayake Mahindra Wijerathna Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Anura Pradeep Mahen Gunasekera Ariyarathna Jayathilaka Reggie Ranatunga Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya (1994 – 2000): Chandrika Kumaratunga John Amaratunga Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Wijayapala Mendis Joseph Michael Perera Lakshman Jayakody Felix Perera Reginald Perera Athula Nimalasiri Suranimala Rajapaksha Anura Hapangama Reggie Ranatunga Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Jinadasa Nandasena Lionel Gunawardena Neil Rupasinghe Upali Gunaratne A. V. Suraweera (2000 – 2001): Karu Jayasuriya Susil Premajayantha Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Anura Bandaranaike Felix Perera Pandu Bandaranaike Jayalath Jayawardena Reggie Ranatunga Sarath Keerthiratne John Amaratunga Edward Gunasekara Lionel Gunawardena Joseph Michael Perera Sarathchandra Peramuna Neil Rupasinghe Suranimala Rajapaksha Ananda Moonasinghe Vijitha Herath (2001 – 2004): Anura Bandaranaike Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Joseph Michael Perera John Amaratunga Olitha Premathiratne Pandu Bandaranaike Felix Perera Edward Gunasekara Suranimala Rajapaksha Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Sarana Gunawardena Ravindra Randeniya Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe Vijitha Herath Anjan Umma (2004 – 2010): Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Anura Bandaranaike (Until 2008) Replaced by Sarana Gunawardena Siripala Amarasinghe (Until 2006) Replaced by Sarath Kumara Gunaratna Anjan Umma Joseph Michael Perera Jayalath Jayawardena Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (Until 2008) Replaced by Duleep Wijesekera Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Sripathi Sooriyarachchi (Until 2008) Replaced by Reggie Ranatunga (Until 2008) Replaced by Neil Rupasinghe Felix Perera Pandu Bandaranaike Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Edward Gunasekara Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala (Until 2004) Replaced by Alawwe Nandaloka Thero Aparekke Punnananda Thero (2010 – 2015): Basil Rajapaksa Sudarshani Fernandopulle Mervyn Silva Athuraliye Rathana Thero Ruwan Wijewardene Upeksha Swarnamali Felix Perera Ruwan Ranatunga Lasantha Alagiyawanna Sarana Gunawardena Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena John Amaratunga Duleep Wijesekera Wasantha Senanayake Vijitha Herath Pandu Bandaranaike Sarath Kumara Gunaratna (2015 – Present): Prasanna Ranatunga Ranjan Ramanayake Arjuna Ranatunga Ruwan Wijewardene Harshana Rajakaruna Prasanna Ranaweera Ajith Mannapperuma Nimal Lansa Sisira Jayakody John Amaratunga Kavinda Jayawardena Indika Anuruddha Sudarshani Fernandopulle Chathura Senaratne Edward Gunasekara Duleep Wijesekera Lasantha Alagiyawanna Vijitha Herath

v t e Chief Ministers of Western Province
Western Province	Susil Moonesinghe Chandrika Kumaratunga Morris Rajapaksa Susil Premajayantha Vacant Susil Premajayantha Reginald Cooray Nandana Mendis Reginald Cooray Prasanna Ranatunga Isura Devapriya
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