Weerakumara Dissanayake
Weerakumara Dissanayake | |
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| State Minister of Mahaweli Development | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Deputy Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development | |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Member of Parliament for Anuradhapura District | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1971 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance, National Freedom Front |
Weerakumara Dissanayake (Sinhala: වීරකුමාර දිසානායක) (born 10 April 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). He was deputy minister of Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development from 2010 to 2015.[1] In 2017 he left the National Freedom Front (NFF) to join the Sri Lanka Freedom Party supporting President Maithripala Sirisena.[2]
Electoral history
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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| 2004 parliamentary | Puttalama District | UPFA | 50,194 | Elected |
| 2010 parliamentary[3] | Anuradhapura District | UPFA | 27,102 | Elected |
| 2015 parliamentary[4] | Anuradhapura District | UPFA | 69,489 | Elected |
Politics
On 2 April 2018, Weerakumara was appointed as the State Minister of Mahaweli Development. [5]
References
- ^ Jayakody, Rasika (10 October 2010). "JVP using SF 'to cover its political nudity".
- ^ http://asianmirror.lk/news/item/26365-split-in-weerawansa-s-national-freedom-front-weerakumara-piyasiri-wijenaike-pb-kumara-join-slfp
- ^ "General Elections 2010 preferential votes" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 10 April 2010.
- ^ Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Full list of preferential votes". News First.
- ^ "New State and Deputy Ministers..." Ada derana. 2 April 2018.
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