Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician,served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held several cabinet ministries as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005,Minister of Higher Education (1993–1994),Minister of Tourism,Minister of National Heritage (2007) and he last served as a member of parliament from the opposition.
Lakshman Jayakody was a Sri Lankan politician,an SLFP stalwart and the Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs in the Sri Lankan Cabinet from 1994 to 2000.
Don Alwin Rajapaksa was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament who represented the Beliatta electorate in Hambantota district from 1947 to 1965. A founding member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government,he was the father of two Sri Lankan Presidents;Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Ports,Shipping and Aviation and as the acting chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He served as the Leader of the Opposition for a few months in 2015,and has served in several other ministerial posts:he is the former Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka,former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and former Leader of the House.
Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Colombo District. He is the current leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera,MP is a Sri Lankan politician. Current Member of Parliament for Badulla District,he was the former State Minister of Highways,State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi,Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development,and Deputy Minister of Justice.
Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara,was a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2010 and Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province from 2010 to 2015. He was a lawyer by profession,and wrote books,poems,and songs. He held several ministries in the government of Sri Lanka before his appointment as Speaker of the House.
George Rajapaksa was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Health,Fisheries and a Member of Parliament.
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District.
Ravindra Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician,the current Cabinet Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations and former cabinet minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development and former state minister of Labor and Trade Union Relations member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Badulla electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Badulla in the Uva province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 574,814 registered electors in 2010.
Harin Fernando,MP is a Sri Lankan politician,Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament. He is the current Minister of Tourism and Lands as well as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. He previously served as the Minister of Sports before,as well as the Telecommunication,Digital Infrastructure Facilities,Foreign Employment,and Tourism ministers in previous Sri Lankan governments. He was the 7th Chief Minister of Uva Province.
Karuppaiah Velayudam was a Sri Lankan trade unionist,politician and state minister.
Mahiyangana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mahiyangana in Badulla District,Uva Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Mahiyangana electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka is a Sri Lankan politician and the former Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.
The 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 parliamentary election,held on 17 August 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 1 September 2015 and was dissolved on 3 March 2020.
Malwattege Simon Andrew Peeris,OBE was a Ceylonese businessmen and politician.
Chandra Amarakone Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Captain Cyril Pinto Jayatilake Seneviratne was a Sri Lankan military officer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Mahiyangana from 1960-1970 and 1977-1984 and served as the Minister of Labour in the Jayewardene cabinet (1977-1984).
