Pradeep Undugoda Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Pradeep Undugoda
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රදීප් උඳුගොඩ
பிரதீப் உண்டுகொட
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency1:Colombo District
Term Start1:2020
Office2:Member of the Western Provincial Council
Constituency2:Colombo District
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:2019
Birth Name:Pradeep Saman Kumara Undugoda Rupasinghage
Birth Date:29 June 1971
Party:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma Mater:General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
University of Moratuwa
Allegiance:Sri Lanka
Branch:Sri Lanka Army
Rank:Major
Unit:Sri Lanka Light Infantry

Pradeep Saman Kumara Undugoda Rupasinghage (born 29 June 1971) is a former Sri Lankan army officer, politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Undugoda was born on 29 June 1971.[1] [2] He was educated at Ananda College.[2] He studied at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and has a postgraduate degree from the University of Moratuwa.[2] He is studying for a PhD degree from the National University of Malaysia.[2] He served in the Sri Lanka Light Infantry.[2]

Undugoda was a member of the Western Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Colombo District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3] [4] [5]

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colVotesscope=colResult
2009 provincial[6] Elected
2014 provincial[7] Elected
Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Predeep Saman Kumara Udhugoda Rupasinghage . . 11 August 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Get to know your new parliamentarians . 11 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 2A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. News: Sarath Weerasekara tops preferential votes in Colombo . 11 August 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  5. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 11 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. Web site: Preferences Colombo . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091210032123/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/PrefColombo.pdf . 10 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 1.
  7. News: Full list of preferential votes . . 31 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331191352/http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/45236-full-list-of-preferential-votes.html . 31 March 2014 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.