Jeewan Kumaranatunga

Honourable
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
MP
Minister of Youth Affairs
In office
2000–2001
Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs
Minister of Lands & Land Development
In office
2007–2010
Minister of Posts & Telecommunication
In office
2010–2015
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Colombo
Assumed office
1994
Personal details
Born (1958-11-07) November 7, 1958
Nationality Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		 United People's Freedom Alliance
Relations Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake
Residence 26 Nandimithra Place, Colombo 06
Profession Actor
Religion Roman Catholic

Jeewan Kumaranatunga (born 7 November 1958) is a Sri Lankan film actor who later became a politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister. He is a close relative of Former President of Sri Lanka Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga

Jeewan's daughter Malsha Kumaranatunga contesting from Colombo district won a seat in the Western Provincial Council in 2014.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Newsfirst takes a closer look at how stars shone at the elections
  2. ↑ Elections for Western and Southern PCs on March 29: Political parties bracing for election campaigns



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