Navin Dissanayake
The Honourable Navin Dissanayake MP | |
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Minister of Plantation Industries | |
Assumed office 4 September 2015 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Preceded by | Lakshman Kiriella |
Minister of Sports | |
In office 19 January 2015 – 4 September 2015 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Preceded by | Mahindananda Aluthgamage |
Succeeded by | Dayasiri Jayasekara |
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District | |
Assumed office 10 October 2000 | |
Minister of State Management Reforms | |
Non-cabinet minister of Investment Promotion | |
Minister of Plantation | |
Personal details | |
Born | September 9, 1969 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party |
United National Party (2000 - 2007, 2014 - Present) United National Party(D) (2007 - 2014) |
Other political affiliations |
United National Front (2000 - 2007, 2014 - Present) United People's Freedom Alliance (2007 - 2014) |
Spouse(s) |
Lanka Dissanayake (nee Jayasuriya) |
Children | Mahita and Samadhee |
Parents |
Gamini Dissanayake Srima Dissanayake |
Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
Occupation | Politics |
Profession | Lawyer |
Navin Eranjan Dissanayake (born 9 September 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician, and the current Minister of Plantation Industries.[1] A Member of Parliament for United National Party Nuwara Eliya District, he is a son of Gamini Dissanayake a Presidential candidate and grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Mayantha Dissanayake is a MP for UNP from Kandy District. He was educated at Royal College Colombo.
See also
References
- ↑ "New Ministers sworn in". Ada Derana. September 4, 2015.
External links
- Biographies of Member of Parliament
- Right Royal rally of old Royalists in the Sri Lanka Parliament
- My first and last love"
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