Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali,PC,known as Lalith Athulathmudali,was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a prominent member of the United National Party,who served as Minister of Trade and Shipping;Minister National Security and Deputy Minister of Defence;Minister of Agriculture,Food and Cooperatives and finally Minister of Education. Following a failed impeachment of President Ranasinghe Premadasa,he was removed from the UNP and formed his own party,the Democratic United National Front. He was assassinated under mysterious circumstances in 1993.
The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena,in office since 20 August 2020. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation of the House,which is based upon the British Westminster parliamentary system.
S. Thomas' College,Gurutalawa is a private Christian school situated in Gurutalawa,in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is an Anglican school administered by the Church of Ceylon.
St. Servatius' College is a boys' school located in Matara,Sri Lanka. The school was established in 1897 by recently arrived Belgian Jesuit missionaries,led by Joseph Van Reeth,first bishop of Galle and Father Augustus Standaert. St. Servatius' College is a national school,which provides primary and secondary education. This is the only school in Sri Lanka where three Governors of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka were educated. This is the only school in Sri Lanka that has produced national team captains in the sports of cricket,football and volleyball.
Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka is a Sri Lankan politician who has been serving as the chief of staff to the president of Sri Lanka and National Security Advisor since 2022. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (2015-2018);Youth Affairs and Southern Development (2019-2019);Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Matara District.
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.
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and land proprietor. He is the current Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Wajira Abeywardana is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of parliament for National List. He is the current chairman of the United National Party.
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.
Unnanthi Piyankara Jayaratne,MP is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Mohamed Faiszer Musthapha,PC,MP is a Sri Lankan lawyer and a politician. He was the Minister of Sports and Provincial Councils and Local Government and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Faiszer Musthapha is married to Fathima Rifa who is also a lawyer. They have two daughters.
Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Ports and Aviation and the Minister for Irrigation and Water Management.
Anton Dayasritha Tissera is a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015 and is currently a member of Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP).
Matara 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 Matara in the Southern province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 578,858 registered electors in 2010.
The 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka,with the membership determined by the results of the 2000 parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000. The parliament met for the first time on 18 October 2000 and was dissolved on 10 October 2001.
Dr.Akalanka Buddhika Uditha Dedduwa Pathirana who was a Deputy Minister of Ministry of Industry and Commerce කර්මාන්තහාවාණිජකටයුතුin Sri Lanka and a Member of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka represented the United National Party (UNP),for Matara District. He was elected to the Parliament at the General Election held on 8 April 2010 winning the second highest percentage of votes from the United National Party which is the major opposition in the country.
Charles Percival de Silva was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He had served as the Minister of Finance,Minister of Lands,Land Development and Agriculture;and Minister of Power and Irrigation,and Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party,and later joined as a senior member of the United National Party.
Naseer Ahamed is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the Governor of the North Western Province,Sri Lanka. Naseer Ahamed has been active in Sri Lanka's political scene since 1994,having held various positions such as Cabinet Minister of Environment,Member of Parliament from the Batticaloa district,Chief Minister of the Eastern Province and more.
