Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Office1:Governor of North Western Province
Term Start1:23 January 2015
Term End1:11 April 2018
Predecessor1:Tissa Balalla
Successor1:K. C. Logeswaran
President1:Maithripala Sirisena
Office2:Minister of Women’s Affairs
Term Start2:2001
Term End2:2004
Constituency Mp3:Kurunegala District
Parliament3:Sri Lanka
Term Start3:1977
Term End3:2010
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:United National Party
Otherparty:United National Front
Children:Manjula Chandralal Range Bandara, Thakshila Devi Bandara
Residence:Amararathna Wariyapola
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Teacher

Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician and was the 9th Governor of the North Western Province. She was a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister, being the Minister of Woman's affairs in the 2001-2004 United National Party government.[1] [2] She is a longstanding MP of the United National Party for the Wariyapola Electorate. She entered politics from Kurunegala after her husband's assassination who was a prominent wealthy businessman.

She is now retired from politics. Her son Manjula a former provincial council member serves as the chief organiser under the United National Party to Wariyapola Electoral division.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Parliament of Sri Lanka - Handbook of Parliament . 7 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101126205955/http://parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/lady_members.jsp . 26 November 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: Nine women elected to 13th Parliament. Daily News. 7 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018035407/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/04/06/pol03.html. 2012-10-18. dead.