Anuradha Jayaratne
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Dissanayake Mudiyanse Anuradha Lanka Pradeep Jayaratne (born 22 December 1985) is a Sri Lankan politician who is serving as the Parliamentary Leader of the New Democratic Front.[1] He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District. He was the former State Minister of Rural irrigation and tanks development, former member of the Central Provincial Council and is the son of the former Sri Lankan Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne.
Education
[edit]Educated at Trinity College, Kandy and Royal College, Colombo, he gained an LL.B. from the University of Buckingham and completed the law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College taking oaths as an Attorney at law in 2010. He thereafter gained an LL.M. from the University of Colombo.
Political career
[edit]After becoming a lawyer, Anuradha went into active politics working as Private Secretary in 2010 to his father, who was the Prime Minister. In 2013, he contested the 2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election and was elected to the Central Provincial Council gaining the highest number of preferential votes yet Sarath Ekanayake was preferred over him for the post of Chief Minister.[2][3][4][5]
He contested the 2015 parliamentary election and was elected to parliament from Kandy. In September 2015, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment by President Maithripala Sirisena. The following year, August 2016 Jayarathne was appointed the Chief Organizer of SLFP, Ududumbara, Kandy District.[6] He was re-elected in the 2020 parliamentary election and was appointed State Minister of Rural irrigation and tanks development.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Anuradha Jayaratne appointed leader of NDF parliamentary group". Ada Derana. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Protest against appointment of CP Chief Minister". Daily News. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "President Denies PM's Son Chief Minister post; SLFP Old Guard Unhappy". Colombo Telegraph. October 3, 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "President Rajapaksa rebukes PM's son". LankaSri. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "PM's son's CM post confirmed". Sri Lanka Mirror. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo
- ^ "Sri Lanka President appoints cabinet ministers, state ministers". economynext.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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