Anura Priyadharshana Yapa | |
Native Name: | අනුර ප්රියදර්ශන යාපා அனுர பிரியதர்ஷனா யாப்பா |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office1: | General Secretary Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Leader1: | Maithripala Sirisena Mahinda Rajapakse |
Term Start1: | 22 November 2014 |
Term End1: | 14 August 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Successor1: | Duminda Dissanayake |
Office2: | Minister of Disaster Management |
President2: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Term Start2: | 4 September 2015 |
Term End2: | 12 April 2018 |
Parliament3: | Sri Lankan |
Term Start3: | 1994 |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1959 |
Birth Place: | Kurunegala, Sri Lanka |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Otherparty: | United People's Freedom Alliance (2004 - Present) People's Alliance (1994 - 2004) |
Occupation: | Politics |
Alma Mater: | Nalanda College Colombo |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana (known as Anura Priyadharshana Yapa born 18 January 1959) MP for Kurunegala [1] former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is also the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was also Sri Lanka's former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.
He is a lawyer by profession and was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo.