Mahinda Wijesekara
| Honourable Mahinda Wijesekara MP | |
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| Minister of Forestry & Environment | |
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In office 2000–2001 | |
| Minister of Fisheries & Ocean Resources | |
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In office 2001–2004 | |
| Minister of Special Projects | |
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In office 2007–2010 | |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Matara District | |
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In office 1989–2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party (Democratic) |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
Mahinda Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan politician, former Fisheries cabinet minister[1] and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. In 2001, Wijesekara left the President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party and joined United National Party along with few other senior ministers of the government such as S. B. Dissanayake and G. L. Peiris.[2] He was a member of the working committee of UNP and the party organizer for Weligama. However, in 2006 UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe removed from all of his positions in the party as a result of internal crisis against the leadership.[3] On 2007, Wijesekara again crossed over to United People's Freedom Alliance government.[4] He was the Telecommunications Minister in the government. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.[5]