Thalatha Atukorale

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Hon. Thalatha Atukorale MP
තලතා අතුකෝරල தலதா அத்துக்கோரல
Minister of Justice
In office 25 August 2017 – 4 August 2020
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
Minister Prison Reforms
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by
Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare
In office 12 January 2015 – 25 February 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Dilan Perera
Succeeded by	Harin Fernando
Member of Parliament for Ratnapura District
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-30) 30 May 1963 (age 58)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Other political affiliations	United National Front
Profession	Attorney-at-Law

Thalatha Atukorale (born 30 May 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017. becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka.^[1] She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale, former Minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.

Atukorale came into active politics in 2004, after the death of her brother Gamini, a former cabinet minister and assistant leader of the United National Party. She won a seat in the parliament at the 2004, 2010 and the 2015 elections from Rathnapura district.

See also[]

• List of political families in Sri Lanka
• Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)

References[]

• "THALATHA ATUKORALE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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