| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Podiappuhamy Piyasena | |
| Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: පොඩි අප්පුහාම් පියසේන Tamil: பொடியப்புகாமி பியசேன |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp1: | Ampara District |
| Parliament1: | Sri Lankan |
| Term Start1: | 2010 |
| Term End1: | 2015 |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1961 |
| Party: | United People's Freedom Alliance |
Podiappuhamy H. P. Piyasena (born 3 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.
Piyasena was born on 3 April 1961.[1]
Piyasena was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Ampara District at the 2010 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[2] Piyasena was the first Sinhalese to be elected parliament from a Tamil political party (his father is Sinhalese and his mother is Tamil).[3] [4]
In September 2010 Piyasena defected to the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).[5] He was one of the UPFA's candidates in Ampara District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming eighth amongst the UPFA candidates.[6]
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