Jayalath Jayawardena

Honourable Jayalath Jayawardena MP
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District
In office 1994–2013
Personal details
Born	(1953-08-16)16 August 1953 Sri Lanka
Died	30 May 2013(2013-05-30) (aged 59) Singapore
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Profession	Politician, Medical Doctor

Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena(Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena) MP (August 16, 1953 – May 30, 2013) was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in 1994. Dr.Jayawardena was known as a human rights activist.Dr Jayawardena is also popular for his sheer commitment and loyalty for the UNP.

Jayawardena, as the Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees was once invited by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to deliver a speech on "Sustainable Voluntary Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons" in Geneva.

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Jayawardena with senior LTTE members and German university students at a tsunami siren distribution program in Kilinochchi

Jayawardena, third from the left, on 28 October 2005

References

• President puts a life at risk: The Jayalath Jayawardena Case, the UN Human Rights Committee Decisions Article 2, Vol 4, issue 4
• Asian Legal Resource Centre, 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2006-12-01
• Sri Lanka - Attacks on Justice 2000 International Commission of Jurists, 2001-08-13. Retrieved 2006-12-01