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.