Nimal Siripala de Silva explained

Nimal Siripala de Silva
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා
நிமல் சிறிபால டி சில்வா
Office:Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation
Term Start:20 May 2022
President:Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Primeminister:Ranil Wickramasinghe
Dinesh Gunawardena
Predecessor:Pramitha Tennakoon
Office1:Minister of Labour
Term Start1:12 August 2020
Term End1:18 April 2022
President1:Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Primeminister1:Mahinda Rajapaksa
Successor1:Vidura Wickremanayake
Term Start2:4 September 2015
Term End2:26 October 2018
President2:Maithripala Sirisena
Primeminister2:Ranil Wickremesinghe
Predecessor2:Ranjith Maddumabandara
Office3:Minister of Justice
President3:Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Primeminister3:Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term Start3:22 November 2019
Term End3:12 August 2020
Predecessor3:Thalatha Atukorale
Successor3:Ali Sabry
Office4:13th Leader of the Opposition
President4:Maithripala Sirisena
Primeminister4:Ranil Wickremesinghe
Term Start4:16 January 2015
Term End4:26 June 2015
Predecessor4:Ranil Wickremesinghe
Successor4:R. Sampanthan
Office5:Leader of the House
Term Start5:09 August 2005
Term End5:20 January 2015
Predecessor5:Maithripala Sirisena
Successor5:Lakshman Kiriella
Parliament6:Sri Lankan
Term Start6:2000
Parliament7:Sri Lankan
Term Start7:1989
Term End7:2000
Birth Date:1944 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Badulla, British Ceylon
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

United People's Freedom Alliance

People's Alliance
Occupation:Politics
Alma Mater:Nalanda College, Colombo
Profession:Proctor

Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP (born 6 September 1944) is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation[1] and one of the two acting chairmen of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party alongside Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.[2] He served as the Leader of the Opposition for a few months in 2015, and has served in several other ministerial posts: he is the former Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka, former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and former Leader of the House.[3]

He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District.

Early life and education

De Silva born to a family of teachers in Badulla. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo where he was a member of the college debating team. He entered Colombo Law College in 1966 and qualified as a proctor in 1971.[4] [5]

Early career

Having started his legal practice in 1971, de Silva was active in politics from his student years, having started the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Law Students Association. He supported Sirimavo Bandaranaike in her campaign in the 1970 general election. He travelled to the United Kingdom in 1975 and qualified as a solicitor. He returned to Sri Lanka in 1978, and assisted Bandaranaike in her defense against the Special Presidential Commission appointed by President J. R. Jayawardene to investigate allegations against Bandaranaike for abuses of power during her tenure as Prime Minister.[4]

Political career

He entered parliament in 1989 having been elected from the Colombo Electoral District in the 1989 general election and was re-elected from Colombo till 2000, when he was elected from Badulla Electoral District and had been re-elected consecutively till the present. He is the Assembly President of the World Health Organization. He has hold cabinet positions in all 5 presidents cabinet after 1994.

Assassination attempt

On 4 July 1996, De Silva escaped with injuries in an attempted assassination by a LTTE female suicide bomber at the Stanley Road in Jaffna. This incident took place minutes after the Minister declared open a branch of Building Materials Corporation (BMC) in Jaffna. Brigadier Ananda Hamangoda (Jaffna Sector Commander), Ranjith Godamuna (Chairman, Lanka Cement) and 21 others were killed with more than 50 injured in the explosion.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://ceylontoday.lk/news/new-cabinet-nimal-siripala-de-silva-appointed-minister-of-labour New Cabinet: Nimal Siripala de Silva appointed Minister of Labour
  2. Web site: 2024-04-08 . Sri Lanka Freedom Party appoints Nimal Siripala as acting chair, CBK as advisor . 2024-04-09 . EconomyNext . en.
  3. http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/108 Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva is a member of the biggest thieves gang in Sri lanka, M.P
  4. News: COVER STORY - JULY 2013 . 9 June 2020 . Business Today.
  5. https://businesstoday.lk/cover_page.php?article=8331 Always With The Party
  6. News: Wasantha Siriwardena . Thursdays blast in Jaffna . The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka . 1996-07-07 . 2014-02-19.