Sri Lankan politician
Hon.
Keheliya Rambukwella
MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 August 2021President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Preceded by Pavithra Wanniarachchi In office 23 April 2010 – 12 January 2015President Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne Preceded by Jeewan Kumaranatunga Succeeded by Gayantha Karunathilaka Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Nationality Sri Lankan Political party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2021–Present) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2006–2021) United National Party (Before 2006) Profession Businessman
Keheliya Rambukwella (born 21 September 1954) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the former Minister of Mass Media and Information and the current Minister of Health .[1] His son Ramith Rambukwella is a Sri Lanka national cricketer plagued with disciplinary issues - latest being the assault of university students and threatening them by brandishing Keheliya's firearm in Narahenpita Colombo 5. (https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/sri-lanka-cricketer-ramith-rambukwella-arrested-for-assault-drunk-driving/story-kVQCHxBOvGIEGvNiLaksNJ.html ).
Early life [ ]
Rambukwella was born and raised in Kegalle , Sri Lanka and received his education at St.Mary's College, Kegalle . Keheliya Rambukwella is a professional hotelier with a post graduate degree from the Hotel School. In 1979, he turned out to be Sri Lanka's youngest film producer when he produced the Sinhala movie "Sakvithi Suvaya" which starred film legend, Gamini Fonseka .[2] His son Ramith Rambukwella is a Sri Lanka national cricketer plagued with disciplinary issues - latest being the assault of university students and threatening them by brandishing his father's firearm https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/sri-lanka-cricketer-ramith-rambukwella-arrested-for-assault-drunk-driving/story-kVQCHxBOvGIEGvNiLaksNJ.html ).
Politics [ ]
Rambukwella claims that he was introduced to politics by late Gamini Dissanayake when the UNP split under late President Ranasinghe Premadasa . Keheliya joined the Democratic United National Front (DUNF) led by Lalith Athulathmudali . Later he joined the United National Party and was elected to the Parliament from Kandy district in 2000 by winning 154,403 preferential votes. In December 2001, again he was elected to the Parliament from Kandy district.
Later he crossed over to the President Mahinda Rajapakse 's government.[3] Keheliya Rambukwella made another attempt to cross-over in 2015, when he tried to rejoin the United National Party. But this attempt failed and he was forced to remain with the SLFP's Mahinda fraction which lost the 2015 election.
Keheliya Rambukwella's financial handlers are Wasnatha de Silva [1] , Manilal Fernando[4] (both prominent cement importers to Sri Lanka) and Johnathan Benedict (a Pastor, an Insurance salesman in Sri Lanka and the fiancé of his daughter Chamithri Rambukwella). Keheliya Rambukwella's son Ramith Rambukwella , daughter-in-law Natalie Shanelle and granddaughter Aarya Jade Rambukwella reside in a luxury apartment provided by Manilal Fernando at Mandakini Glow Residencies Colombo 5.
In the year 2020, Keheliya Rambukwella appointed his eldest daughter Chamithri Rambukwella as a Director of Sealcine, a government media company coming under his ministry of Mass Media. Keheliya also appointed his youngest daughter Amali Rambukwella as the Coordinating Secretary at the Ministry of Mass Media with government salaries and allowances, when Amali Rambukwella was fired by her private sector employer. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Keheliya also appointed his son Ramith Rambukwella as the Private Secretary with all state allowances and negotiated his son to have a Government sponsored Land Cruiser V8 vehicle worth Rs. 50 million (vehicle number CAF-2548).
Accident and the Rs. 20 Million Grant [ ]
In February 2012, Rambukwella claimed to have "jumped"[5] from the balcony of a third-floor hotel room in Melbourne, injuring his legs.[6] After receiving a direct aid of Rs. 20 million from the President's Fund to cover his medical expenses, he swiftly recovered from the injuries.
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