Vidura Wickremanayake

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Hon.
Vidura Wickremanayake
MP
විදුර වික් රමනායක
விதுர விக்கிரமநாயக்க
Member of Parliament
for Kalutara District
Incumbent
Assumed office
2010
Personal details
Born (1959-07-11) 11 July 1959 (age 62)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
RelationsRatnasiri Wickremanayake (father)

Vidura Wickremanayake (born 11 July 1959) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current State Minister of National Heritage, rural arts and Member of Parliament. He is the son of the former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake.

Early life and education[]

Born to Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and Kusum Wickremanayake, he was educated at Royal College, Colombo and gained a BSc in Agriculture in the Philippines.[1]

Political career[]

Wickremanayake was elected to parliament from Kalutara from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the 2015 parliamentary election and was appointed State Minister of Agriculture. He was re-elected in the 2020 parliamentary election from the Kaluthara electorate with 147,958 preferential votes and was appointed State Minister of National Heritage, rural arts.[2]

See also[]

  • List of political families in Sri Lanka

References[]

  1. ^ "Family jewels on parade in new parliament". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ Saman, patirage (7 August 2020). www.adaderana.lk http://www.adaderana.lk/news/66275/2020-ge-kalutara-district-preferential-votes. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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