Anura Kumara Dissanayaka

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Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka MP
අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க
Leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 February 2014
Preceded by	Somawansa Amarasinghe
Chief Opposition Whip
In office 3 September 2015 – 18 December 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	W. D. J. Senewiratne
Succeeded by	Mahinda Amaraweera
Member of Parliament for Colombo District
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2015
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 22 April 2010 – 17 August 2015
In office 18 October 2000 – 7 February 2004
Member of Parliament for Kurunegala District
In office 1 April 2004 – 8 April 2010
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
In office 2004–2005
President	Chandrika Kumaratunge
Personal details
Born	Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (1968-11-24) 24 November 1968 (age 53) Dominion of Ceylon
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Other political affiliations	National People's Power
Alma mater	University of Kelaniya

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (Sinhala:දිසානායක මුදියන්සලාගේ අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක, Tamil:அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க; born 24 November 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician, current Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna^[1] and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He served for a time as Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation. Dissanayake was named the leader of JVP at the 7th national convention of the party, held on 2 February 2014. He was in the Parliament from September 2015 to December 2018. He is also known for his support towards LGBTIQ community in the country.

Career[]

He was the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation in the 2004 SLFP, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna joint government under President Chandrika Kumaratunge.^[2]

2019 Presidential Election[]

On 18 August 2019, the National People's Power Movement announced that Dissanayake would be its 2019 Presidential Candidate.^[3]

In November 2019, Anura Kumara Dissanayake published a manifesto ahead of the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election which also includes the decriminalising the LGBT rights in Sri Lanka.^[4] This is the first instance in the history of Sri Lankan elections where a candidate has pledged to decriminalise LGBT in the country.^[5]

Anura Kumara Dissanayake managed to obtain only 3.16% of the total votes at the presidential election held on 17 November 2019 which is the lowest percentage by any JVP presidential candidate in the election history.

Electoral history[]

References[]

External links[]

• Parliament profile
• Srinivasan, Meera (21 November 2018). "We think what happened on October 26 is a conspiracy, says Anura Kumara Dissanayake". The Hindu.

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