Duminda Dissanayake
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Duminda Dissanayake, MP
is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District
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He is married to Senani Lanka Jayarathne, daughter of D. M. Jayaratne
current Prime Minister on 29 September 2006.
. He gained a Diploma in Information Technology at Holmesglane TAFE
.
in the People’s Alliance. He became the youngest person to be elected to parliament at the age of 21 polling the highest majority of votes from Anuradhapura district and was appointed as the Supervising Minister of Higher Education. He retained his seat in parliament in the General Election the following year in 2001, polling the highest number of votes in Anuradapura even though his party lost the election.
From 2001 to 2004 he severed as a backbencher in the opposition. During this time he was very active in the Youth Wing of SLFP and became its Vice President (working president). In the General Election of 2004 he retained his seat in parliament and was appointed Deputy Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Training and Technical Education Ministry a post he held till 2005.
At the start of his first term,f President Mahinda Rajapaksa
appointed Dissanayake as the Deputy Minister of Port and Aviation in 2007. During this time he sat in the cabinet as the acting minister on several occasions. In 2006 he was appointed as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. Furring this time the ministry took started to explore for oil around Sri Lankan sea and decided to excavate the Mannar basin. His attempts to introduce Bio Fuel was however not a success.
In 2010, he contested the General Election and obtained 10, 1384 votes retaining his seat and was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications before being appointed as Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development in the reshuffle
that followed.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District
Anuradhapura District
Anuradhapura is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km².-Demographics:The population according to 2001 census is 745,693 of which 90.7 % are sinhalese, 8.3 % Sri Lankan Moors, 0.7 % native Sri Lankan tamils and 0.1 % tamils of Indian origin...
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Family
Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys. His father is Berty Premalal Dissanayake, a farmer, businessmen by profession who is the current Chief Minister of the North Central Province, he was a former Member of Parliament in Anuradhapura District and was the Minister of Social Services. His mother is Jayani Tissera Dissanayake, trained teacher of Mathematics by profession who was also a former Chief Minister of North Central Province.He is married to Senani Lanka Jayarathne, daughter of D. M. Jayaratne
D. M. Jayaratne
Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne MP is the 20th and current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and a veteran Sri Lankan politician. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on April 21, 2010.-Early life:D. M...
current Prime Minister on 29 September 2006.
Education
Dissanayake was educated at Hatharaswela Government School, Walisinghe Harischandra Vidyalaya, Central College Anuradhapura and at the prestigious Royal College ColomboRoyal College Colombo
The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...
. He gained a Diploma in Information Technology at Holmesglane TAFE
Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
Holmesglen Institute of Technical And Further Education is a tertiary level training institute situated in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.-History:...
.
Political career
In 2000 contested the General Election as a candidate from the Sri Lanka Freedom PartySri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...
in the People’s Alliance. He became the youngest person to be elected to parliament at the age of 21 polling the highest majority of votes from Anuradhapura district and was appointed as the Supervising Minister of Higher Education. He retained his seat in parliament in the General Election the following year in 2001, polling the highest number of votes in Anuradapura even though his party lost the election.
From 2001 to 2004 he severed as a backbencher in the opposition. During this time he was very active in the Youth Wing of SLFP and became its Vice President (working president). In the General Election of 2004 he retained his seat in parliament and was appointed Deputy Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Training and Technical Education Ministry a post he held till 2005.
At the start of his first term,f President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...
appointed Dissanayake as the Deputy Minister of Port and Aviation in 2007. During this time he sat in the cabinet as the acting minister on several occasions. In 2006 he was appointed as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. Furring this time the ministry took started to explore for oil around Sri Lankan sea and decided to excavate the Mannar basin. His attempts to introduce Bio Fuel was however not a success.
In 2010, he contested the General Election and obtained 10, 1384 votes retaining his seat and was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications before being appointed as Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development in the reshuffle
Cabinet shuffle
In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle or reshuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet....
that followed.