Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Mahinda Amaraweera | |
Native Name: | මහින්ද අමරවීර மகிந்த அமரவீர |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
President: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Primeminister: | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
Predecessor: | Janaka Wakkumbura |
Term Start: | 12 May 2022 |
President1: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Predecessor1: | Duminda Dissanayake |
Successor1: | P. Harrison |
Term Start1: | 4 September 2015 |
Term End1: | 26 October 2018 |
President2: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Primeminister2: | Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
Term Start2: | 12 May 2022 |
Term End2: | 19 January 2023 |
Successor2: | Pavithra Wanniarachchi |
Primeminister3: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Predecessor3: | S. M. Chandrasena |
Successor3: | Naseer Ahamed |
Term Start3: | 12 August 2020 |
Term End3: | 3 April 2022 |
Office4: | Minister of Power and Energy |
President4: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Primeminister4: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Predecessor4: | Ravi Karunanayake |
Successor4: | Udaya Gammanpila[1] Dullas Alahapperuma[2] |
Term Start4: | 22 November 2019 |
Term End4: | 12 August 2020 |
Office5: | Minister of Transport Service Management |
President5: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Primeminister5: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Predecessor5: | Arjuna Ranatunga |
Successor5: | Dilum Amunugama |
Term Start5: | 22 November 2019 |
Term End5: | 12 August 2020 |
Office6: | Chief Opposition Whip |
President6: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Primeminister6: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Predecessor6: | Anura Kumara Dissanayake |
Term Start6: | 18 December 2018 |
Term End6: | 22 November 2019 |
Office7: | Minister of Disaster Management |
President7: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister7: | D. M. Jayaratne |
Term Start7: | 2010 |
Term End7: | 12 January 2015 |
Office8: | Deputy Minister of Health |
President8: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister8: | D. M. Jayaratne |
Term Start8: | 2010 |
Term End8: | 2010 |
Office9: | Minister of Water Supply |
President9: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister9: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
Term Start9: | 2007 |
Term End9: | 2010 |
Office10: | General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance |
Leader10: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Term Start10: | 8 March 2016 |
Term End10: | 9 December 2019 |
Successor10: | Alliance Dissolved |
Constituency Mp11: | Hambantota District |
Parliament11: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start11: | 2004 |
Constituency Mp12: | National List |
Parliament12: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start12: | 2001 |
Term End12: | 2004 |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1962 |
Birth Place: | Udayala, Angunakolapelessa, Southern Province, Sri Lanka |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Spouse: | Dilrukshika Weerakoon (m.1996-2011), Madushini Prancisku (m.2018-), |
Party: | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (After 2018) |
Otherparty: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party (before 2018) Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
Children: | Pasan Amaraweera |
Residence: | B/63 Mahagamasekara Mawatha, Colombo 07 |
Alma Mater: | Vijitha Central College, Dickwella. |
Occupation: | Politician |
Mahinda Amaraweera (Sinhala:මහින්ද අමරවීර,Tamil: மஹிந்த அமரவீர; born 12 February 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is currently the cabinet Minister of Agriculture.[3] He is also a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. for the Hambantota District, as a member of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[4]
He was born in a remote village called Udayala in Angunukolapelessa. He received his primary education at Angunukolapalessa primary school and secondary education at Vijitha Central College, Dickwella.[5]
On 22 May 2017, Amaraweera was appointed Mahaweli Development State Minister.
On 8 March 2016 he was appointed General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance, which was vacated following the death of Wiswa Warnapala.[6]
He was married to 'Dilrukshika Weerakoon' from Kandy till 2011. In November 2018 he married 'Madushini Prancisku' daughter of Mr and Mrs Prancisku from Weeraketiya. Mr Amaraweera has only one son from his first marriage Pasan Amaraweera who has studied in Royal College Colombo and is currently doing his higher studies in London.