Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Vincent Perera | |
Order: | 10th |
Office: | Chief Government Whip |
Term Start: | 18 February 1989 |
Term End: | 7 April 1993 |
President: | J. R. Jayewardene Ranasinghe Premadasa |
Successor: | Wimal Wickremasinghe |
Term Start2: | 23 July 1987 |
Term End2: | 15 February 1989 |
President2: | J. R. Jayewardene |
Term Start3: | 7 September 1978 |
Term End3: | 6 July 1987 |
President3: | J. R. Jayewardene |
Predecessor3: | Kiri Banda Ratnayake |
Order4: | 12th |
Office4: | Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka) |
Term Start4: | 1989 |
Term End4: | 1990 |
President4: | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
Predecessor4: | Nissanka Wijeyeratne |
Successor4: | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed |
Office5: | Minister of Environment (Sri Lanka) |
Term Start5: | ? |
Term End5: | ? |
President5: | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
Order6: | 2nd |
Office6: | Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka) |
Term Start6: | 23 July 1977 |
Term End6: | 1988 |
President6: | J. R. Jayewardene |
Predecessor6: | Kiri Banda Ratnayake |
Successor6: | Nanda Mathew |
Office7: | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
Term Start7: | 23 July 1977 |
Term End7: | ? |
President7: | J. R. Jayewardene |
Office8: | Mayor of Colombo |
Term Start8: | 1970 |
Term End8: | 1973 |
Predecessor8: | Jabir A. Cader |
Successor8: | A. H. M. Fowzie |
Term Start9: | 1965 |
Term End9: | 1966 |
Predecessor9: | V. A. Sugathadasa |
Successor9: | Jabir A. Cader |
Constituency Mp10: | Colombo |
Parliament10: | Sri Lankan |
Term Start10: | 1989 |
Term End10: | 1994 |
Constituency Mp11: | Colombo North |
Parliament11: | Sri Lankan |
Term Start11: | 1977 |
Term End11: | 1989 |
Predecessor11: | V. A. Sugathadasa |
Successor11: | Electoral District Abolished |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1918 |
Party: | United National Party |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Mathew Vincent Perera (21 September 1918 – 7 April 1993) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He served in multiple cabinet positions and government posts. Perera was also Mayor of Colombo twice.[1] [2]
Perera was one of the wounded in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament.[3]