Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Nimal Piyatissa | |
Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිමල් පියතිස්ස நிமல் பியதிஸ்ஸ |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office1: | Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
Constituency1: | Nuwara Eliya District |
Term Start1: | 2020 |
Office2: | Member of the Central Provincial Council |
Constituency2: | Bonus Seat |
Term Start2: | 2013 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Office3: | Member of the Central Provincial Council |
Constituency3: | Nuwara Eliya District |
Term Start3: | 2004 |
Term End3: | 2013 |
Birth Name: | Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1968 |
Party: | National Freedom Front (since 2008) Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (before 2008) |
Otherparty: | Supreme Lanka Coalition (since 2022) Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022) United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019) |
Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa (born 5 January 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]
Piyatissa was born on 5 January 1968.[1] He was previously a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna but is currently a member of the National Freedom Front.[2] [3]
Piyatissa was a member of Walapane Divisional Council and the Central Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[4] [5] [6]
Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
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1999 provincial[7] | Not elected | |||||||
2004 provincial[8] | Elected | |||||||
2009 provincial[9] | Elected | |||||||
2013 provincial[10] [11] | Not elected | |||||||
Elected |