Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Joseph Michael Perera | |
Office2: | Minister of Home Affairs |
President2: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Primeminister2: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Predecessor2: | John Seneviratne |
Successor2: | Vajira Abeywardena |
Term Start2: | 12 January 2015 |
Term End2: | 17 August 2015 |
Order: | 17th Speaker of the Parliament |
Term Start: | 19 December 2001 |
Term End: | 7 February 2004 |
President: | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Primeminister: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Predecessor: | Anura Bandaranaike |
Successor: | W. J. M. Lokubandara |
Office3: | Chief Opposition Whip |
Predecessor3: | Mahinda Samarasinghe |
Successor3: | John Amaratunga |
Term Start3: | 26 January 2006 |
Term End3: | 20 April 2010 |
Constituency Mp4: | Ja-Ela District |
Parliament4: | Ceylon |
Predecessor4: | G. J. Paris Perera |
Successor4: | Seat abolished |
Term Start4: | 1976 |
Term End4: | 1989 |
Constituency Mp5: | Gampaha District |
Parliament5: | Sri Lanka |
Predecessor5: | Seat created |
Term Start5: | 1989 |
Term End5: | 2010 |
Constituency Mp6: | National List |
Term Start6: | 2010 |
Term End6: | 2023 |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1941 |
Death Place: | Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | UNP |
Otherparty: | United National Front |
M. Joseph Michael Perera (15 September 1941 – 28 March 2023) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, and its 17th speaker.
Perera died in Ja-Ela on 28 March 2023, at the age of 81.[1]