Harin Fernando
Honourable Harin Fernando Chief Minister of the Uva Province Provincial Council | |
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Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Badulla District | |
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Born | 28 October 1978 |
Political party | United National Party |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Harin Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, He is the current Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.[1] He is a member of the United National Party. Harin Fernando resigned from the Parliament of Sri Lanka on August 5, 2014 to contest as the chief ministerial candidate from the United National Party for the Uva provincial council election.
While the opposition United National Party lost in the Uva provincial council election, Harin won the highest number of preferential vote.[2] Fernando showed the majority at the Uva Provincial council on 14th January 2015 and was appointed as the Chief Minister of the province by the Governor. [3][4]
References
- ↑ "Harin sworn in as Uva Chief Minister". Daily Mirror. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "Uva: Harin polls highest number of preferential votes". The Island. Dasun Edirisinghe. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "HARIN FERNANDO". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Elections -2010" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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