Sri Lankan politician
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Hon.
Ramesh Pathirana
MP
Incumbent
Assumed office President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Preceded by Himself In office [N 1] President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Preceded by Navin Dissanayake Succeeded by Himself Incumbent
Assumed office
Born (1969-05-12 ) 12 May 1969 (age 52) Political party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Other political Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance Alma mater Richmond College (Sri Lanka) , University of Peradeniya Profession Physician
Ramesh Pathirana is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka . He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna .[1] Richmond College, Galle and University of Peradeniya . He is a physician by profession and is the son of former Education and Higher Education minister Richard Pathirana .
Political career [ ] He was appointed as Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture on 22 November 2019.[2] [3]
He was appointed as Minister of Plantation on 12th August 2020 by the SLPP government.[4] [5]
Elections [ ] Elected to parliament first in 2010.[6]
In the 2020 general elections held on 5th August 2020 he won the highest preferential votes of 205,814 in the Galle district.[7]
Notes [ ]
^ As Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture
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Ashoka Abeysinghe K. W. Shantha Bandara Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Neranjan Wickramasinghe Nimal Wijesinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam
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