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.