Sarath Amunugama | |
Native Name: | සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම சரத் லீலானந்த பண்டார அமுனுகம |
Honorific-Suffix: | SLAS |
Office: | Minister for Special Projects |
President: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Term Start: | 23 October 2015 |
Term End: | 26 October 2018 |
Office1: | Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources Management |
President1: | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Primeminister1: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
Term Start1: | 2000 |
Term End1: | 2001 |
Office2: | Minister of Finance |
President2: | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
Primeminister2: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Predecessor2: | K. N. Choksy |
Successor2: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Term Start2: | 14 April 2004 |
Term End2: | 22 November 2005 |
Office3: | Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs |
President3: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister3: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
Predecessor3: | Amarasiri Dodangoda |
Successor3: | Karu Jayasuriya |
Term Start3: | 23 November 2005 |
Term End3: | 28 January 2007 |
Office4: | Minister Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion |
President4: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister4: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
Term Start4: | 2007 |
Term End4: | 2010 |
Office5: | Deputy Minister of Finance & Planning |
President5: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister5: | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
Minister5: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Term Start5: | 2010 |
Term End5: | 12 January 2015 |
Constituency Mp6: | National List |
Parliament6: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start6: | 2015 |
Term End6: | 2020 |
Constituency Mp7: | Kandy District |
Parliament7: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start7: | 1994 |
Term End7: | 2015 |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1939 |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party |
Otherparty: | United People's Freedom Alliance |
Residence: | 50/1, Siripa Road, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka. |
Occupation: | Civil servant |
Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama (Sinhala:සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම), MP, SLAS (born July 10, 1939) is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning until April 2010. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
He studied at the Trinity College, Kandy and graduated from the University of Ceylon.[1] He joined the Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) in its last intake of cadets in 1962. Following the disestablishment of the CCS he was transferred to its successor the Ceylon Administrative Service which was later renamed as the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS). During his career in the SLAS he served as Government Agent of the Kandy District, Director of Information, Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and later Chairman, The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Before entering active politics he worked as an International Civil Servant for UNESCO headquarters in Paris. He resides in Colombo.