Mayantha Dissanayake
Hon. Mayantha Dissanayake MP | |
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මයන්ත දිසානායක மயந்த திஸாநாயக்க | |
Member of Parliament for Kandy District | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | January 11, 1974 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Relations | Navin (brother) Varuni (sister) |
Parent(s) | Gamini Dissanayake Srima Dissanayake |
Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake (born 11 January 1974) He is Member of Parliament from Kandy District having been elected in 2015 with a vote of 111,190.[1] He was a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Council. He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. 2010 he supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest number of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.[2][3] He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake, a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Navin Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.
Dissanayake is currently serving as the chief organizer for the Yatinuwara electorate for the United National Party.
See also[]
- List of political families in Sri Lanka
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sri Lankan Buddhists
- Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
- Samagi Jana Balawegaya politicians
- United National Party politicians
- Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka
- Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Sinhalese politicians