| The Honourable Duminda Dissanayake MP |
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| Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development | |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Anuradhapura |
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| Born | March 28, 1979 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Buddhist |
| Website | http://www.dumindadissanayake.com/ |
Duminda Dissanayake, MP is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.
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Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys. His father is Berty Premalal Dissanayake, a farmer, businessmen by profession who is the current Chief Minister of the North Central Province, he was a former Member of Parliament in Anuradhapura District and was the Minister of Social Services. His mother is Jayani Tissera Dissanayake, trained teacher of Mathematics by profession who was also a former Chief Minister of North Central Province.
He is married to Senani Lanka Jayarathne, daughter of D. M. Jayaratne current Prime Minister on 29 September 2006.
Dissanayake was educated at Hatharaswela Government School, Walisinghe Harischandra Vidyalaya, Central College Anuradhapura and at the prestigious Royal College Colombo. He gained a Diploma in Information Technology at Holmesglane TAFE.
In 2000 contested the General Election as a candidate from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the People’s Alliance. He became the youngest person to be elected to parliament at the age of 21 polling the highest majority of votes from Anuradhapura district and was appointed as the Supervising Minister of Higher Education. He retained his seat in parliament in the General Election the following year in 2001, polling the highest number of votes in Anuradapura even though his party lost the election.
From 2001 to 2004 he severed as a backbencher in the opposition. During this time he was very active in the Youth Wing of SLFP and became its Vice President (working president). In the General Election of 2004 he retained his seat in parliament and was appointed Deputy Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Training and Technical Education Ministry a post he held till 2005.
At the start of his first term,f President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed Dissanayake as the Deputy Minister of Port and Aviation in 2007. During this time he sat in the cabinet as the acting minister on several occasions. In 2006 he was appointed as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. Furring this time the ministry took started to explore for oil around Sri Lankan sea and decided to excavate the Mannar basin. His attempts to introduce Bio Fuel was however not a success.
In 2010, he contested the General Election and obtained 10, 1384 votes retaining his seat and was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications before being appointed as Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development in the reshuffle that followed.
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