Mahinda Samarasinghe

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The Honourable
Mahinda Samarasinghe
MP
File:Mahinda 1.jpg
Minister of Ports & Shipping
Assumed office
22 May 2017
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training
In office
4 September 2015 – 22 May 2017
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
State Minister of Finance
In office
22 March 2015 – 17 August 2015
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament
for Kalutara District
Assumed office
1994
Personal details
BornMinister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
(1956-01-30) 30 January 1956 (age 68)
DiedMinister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
Resting placeMinister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
(2006 - Present)
United National Party
(1988 - 2006)
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance
(2006 - Present)
United National Front
(2001 - 2006)
Parent
  • Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
Residence(s)53/2, Torrington Mawatha,
Colombo 07, Sri Lanka.
Alma materLa Trobe University
OccupationPolitics
ProfessionDiplomat

Mahinda Buddhadasa Samarasinghe, MP (born 30 January 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician and former diplomat. He is the current Minister of Ports & Shipping in President Maithripala Sirisena's Government,[1][2][3] and Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Panadura Electorate in Kalutara District. Samarasinghe co-chairs the Permanent Standing Committee on Human Rights in Sri Lanka.

Education

Mahinda Samarasinghe completed a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Diplomatic career

Having joined the Sri Lanka Overseas Service, he served as the First Secretary to the Sri Lanka High Commission in Australia and as Counselor for the Sri Lankan Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva during the 1980s. He has represented Sri Lanka at the International Labour Organization, World Health Organisation, International Telecommunication Union and the World Meteorological Organisation. While working at the Sri Lanka Mission in Geneva, he represented Sri Lanka at almost all of the Governing Body meetings of the ILO in 1986 and 1987, as well as the International Labour Conference (ILC) from 1985–1987. At the end of the 1987 ILC, he successfully presented a draft resolution on ‘Workers Housing,' which was adopted at the conference.

Human rights

As co-chair of the Permanent Standing Committee on Human Rights in Sri Lanka, Samarasinghe works in close cooperation with several UN Organisations including the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and International Labour Organisation (ILO), as well as other international organizations such as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to continue Sri Lanka's endeavors to rehabilitate and re-integrate citizens from the country's formerly war-torn areas.Also he acted as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Human rights task force of sri lanka while being the Executive member of the parliamentary group for the protection and promotion of human rights.

Political career

Samarasinghe entered active politics in 1988 and was elected to the Provincial Council of the Western Province, where he served as the Leader of the House of the Provincial Council and the Provincial Minister of Health and Economic Infrastructure.

In 1994 he was elected to parliament from the Kalutara district, and was re-elected in subsequent elections held in 2000, 2001,2004 and 2010. During the period 2001 - 2004, he served as the Cabinet Minister of Employment and Labour.[4] He was the Government Chief Whip from 2001–2004 and the Opposition Chief Whip from 2004 - 2006. Samarasinghe joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 2006 and is the Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Agalawatta Electorate in Kalutara District. He had also served as Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights from 2006 - 2010 and Minister of Plantation Industries from 2010 - 2015.[5][6] He was a member in the Parliamentary Consultative Committees of the Ministries of Trade, Commerce, Industries, Finance and Foreign Affairs.

National Executive
Position Period
Minister of Employment & Labour 2001-2004
Minister of Disaster Management & Human rights 2006-2010
Minister of Plantation Industries 2010-2015
State Minister of Finance 2015
Minister of Skills Development & Vocational Training 2015-2017
Minister of Ports & Shipping

Personal life

Samarasinghe is married and has four [7] children.

See also

References

  1. ^ Presidency and vision for development Daily News, Retrieved on 8 July 2010.
  2. ^ Lanka most liberalised economy in South Asia Daily News, Retrieved on 12 July 2010.
  3. ^ UN statement unsubstantiated - govt. BBC News, Retrieved on 14 March 2009.
  4. ^ UNF cabinet reshuffled after five postponements Tamil Net, Retrieved on 28 February 2002.
  5. ^ Mahinda Samarasinghe In HARDtalk interview BBC News, Retrieved on 3 March 2009.
  6. ^ UN statement unsubstantiated - govt. BBC News, Retrieved on 14 March 2009,
  7. ^ Australia

Sources

External links

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