Prasanna Ranatunga | |
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ප්රසන්න රණතුංග பிரசன்ன ரணதுங்கா | |
Minister of Urban Development and Housing | |
In office 14 May 2022 –23 September 2024 | |
President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickramasinghe |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickramasinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
Preceded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Chief Government Whip | |
In office 18 April 2022 –24 September 2024 | |
President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickramasinghe |
Preceded by | Johnston Fernando |
Minister of Public Security | |
In office 18 April 2022 –9 May 2022 | |
President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Preceded by | Sarath Weerasekara |
Succeeded by | Tiran Alles |
Minister of Tourism | |
In office 12 August 2020 –9 May 2022 | |
President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Preceded by | John Amaratunga |
Succeeded by | Harin Fernando |
7th Chief Minister of Western Province | |
In office 4 May 2009 –1 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Reginald Cooray |
Succeeded by | Isura Devapriya |
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District | |
Assumed office 1 September 2015 | |
Majority | 316,544 Preferential Votes |
Personal details | |
Born | Sri Lanka | 1 January 1967
Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Spouse | Maureen |
Relations | Reggie (father) Arjuna (brother) Nishantha (brother) Dammika (brother) Sanjeeva (brother) Ruwan (brother) |
Children | Archana,Pavithra,Udara |
Alma mater | Asoka College/ Ananda College |
Prasanna Ranatunga (born 1 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician,member of parliament,a former Minister of Urban Development and Housing. He was also appointed as the Chief Government Whip on 18 April 2022. [1] [2] He was the 7th Chief Minister of Western Province,Sri Lanka.
He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and is part of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance. [3] He is the brother of former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga. [4] [5] [6] [7] Ranatunga entered parliament in 2015 from Gampaha District as an opposition member. Ranatunga received a vote count of 384,448 in the 2015 parliamentary elections.
On 6 June 2022,he was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment suspended for five years,after he was found guilty of threatening a businessman from whom he solicited a bribe of Rs. 64 million to evict unauthorised occupants of a parcel of land. [8]
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