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Hon.
Sagala Ratnayaka
and
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 February 2018
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development
Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka (born 27 February 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping, Southern Development; Law and Order, Youth Affairs, Project Management, Southern Development and Member of Parliament for Matara District. He served as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Ratnayake was born to a political family from Deniyaya, where his grandfather V. G. W. Ratnayake, MBE was a notable legislator. Educated at the Royal College Colombo, where he became the Head Prefect, he graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's degree in business administration studies in 1993.[3]
Early career[]
After graduation, he worked as a financial analyst at Central Finance Company and joined HSBC Sri Lanka going on to become a credit operations manager.[3]
Political career[]
He entered politics in 1999, having been elected as a member of the Southern Provincial Council. In 2000, he was elected to parliament from the Matara District. He served as Deputy Minister of Power and Energy from 2002 to 2004. Having been re-elected in 2010 and 2015. From January 2015 to September 2015 he served as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister until he was elected to parliament and appointed as a Cabinet minister. He served as a Cabinet minister till 2019 when he resigned from his portfolio.
