Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Explained

Shehan Semasinghe
Native Name:අසංක ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ
அசங்க ஷெஹான் சேமசிங்க
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Minister of State for Finance
Term Start:8 September 2022
Alongside:Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
President:Ranil Wickremesinghe
Primeminister:Dinesh Gunawardena
Office1:Minister of Trade
President1:Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Primeminister1:Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term Start1:18 April 2022
Term End1:9 May 2022
Successor1:Nalin Fernando
Office2:Minister of State for Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development
President2:Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Primeminister2:Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term Start2:12 August 2020
Term End2:3 April 2022
Office3:Minister of State for Development Banking and Loan Schemes
President4:Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Primeminister4:Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term Start4:27 November 2019
Term End4:12 August 2020
Constituency Mp5:Anuradhapura District
Parliament5:Sri Lankan
Term Start5:2010
Birth Date:13 November 1976
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Asanka Shehan Semasinghe is a Sri Lankan Politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Anuradhapura. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[1] [2] He is currently serving as Minister of State for Finance, serving with Ranjith Siyambalapitiya since 8 September 2022.[3] Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Trade by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.[4] [5] He left office on May 9 following the resignation of then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and thereby the collapse of the government.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SHEHAN SEMASINGHE . Directory of Members . . 14 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101013031604/http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=3151 . 13 October 2010 .
  2. Web site: Shehan Semasinghe . Manthri.lk . 18 April 2022 . 18 April 2022.
  3. Web site: New State Ministers sworn in . 2022-09-12 . www.adaderena.lk.
  4. Web site: Krishnasai . C. . Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster . WION News . 18 April 2022.
  5. Web site: President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers . Ada Derana.lk . April 18, 2022.