Malik Samarawickrama Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Malik Samarawickrama
Office1:Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade
Term Start1:4 September 2015
Term End1:17 November 2019
President1:Maithripala Sirisena
Primeminister1:Ranil Wickremesinghe
Constituency Mp4:National List
Parliament4:Sri Lankan
Term Start4:2015
Term End4:2020
Birth Date:1949 3, df=yes
Party:United National Party
Alma Mater:Royal College, Colombo
Profession:Entrepreneur/Politician

Malik Devapriya Samarawickrama (born 19 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and politician. He was appointed to Parliament as a national list member in 2015. He is a former Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade and chairman of the United National Party.[1] [2]

Educated at Royal College, Colombo, where played at the Bradby Shield Encounter. He also played rugby union for the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club and represented Sri Lanka in the 1960s.[3] [4] He was a past president of Kandy Sports Club (rugby) and currently is the patron.

Samaraweera a close friend of Ranil Wickramasinghe was accused of going out the way from the 2015 elected Yahapalana government and playing a role on his own agendas.[5] In November 2019, he announced his retirement from politics.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malik Samarawickrama UNP Chairman. news.lk. 2015-08-21.
  2. Web site: UNP National List MPs Named. asianmirror.lk. 2015-08-21.
  3. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/sports/19.4.html Malik will not ‘walk away’ from Royal rugby
  4. News: The success story of Kandy Sports Club. Daily News. Jiffrey. S. M.. 28 February 2012. 24 August 2015.
  5. Web site: Malik Samarawickrama Plays Dirty Games: Breaks Rules to Please Henchmen and New Found Friends . 17 January 2017 .