Ruwan Wijewardene
| Honourable Ruwan Wijewardene MP | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Gampaha District | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Former Councilor of the Western Provincial Council | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 4, 1975 |
| Nationality |  Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Alma mater | S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Colombo, Sri Lanka University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene (Sinhala:දිනෙන්ද්ර රුවන් විජෙවර්ධන) (born 4 August 1975) (known as Ruwan Wijewardene) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Parliament for Gampaha District[1] and the United National Party (UNP) chief organiser for Biyagama Electorate. Prior to entering parliament in 2010, he was a member of the Western Provincial Council.
Early life
Born to a political dynasty, he is the youngest son of Ranjani Senanayake and Ranjith Wijewardene (Chairman of Wijeya Newspapers). His maternal great grandfather, Rt Hon D.S Senanayake, was the first prime minister of Ceylon and his grand uncle, Dudley Senanayake, was the second prime minister of Ceylon and went on to become prime minister two more times during the 1950s and 1960s. His paternal grandfather, D. R. Wijewardena, was a press baron who was a leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A successful entrepreneur, he established Lake House newspapers and played a major role in the independence movement. Ruwan Wijewardene is a nephew of the first executive president J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka and a cousin of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the current Leader of the Opposition.[2][3]
Education
Wijewardene completed his primary and secondary education at St. Thomas' Preparatory School. He then pursued further studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, where he earned a BA.
Political career
Wijewardene contested the Western Provincial elections in 2009 and was a member of the Western Provincial Council until 2010. He stood for parliamentary elections 2010 and secured the highest number of preference votes from Gampaha District.