Weerakumara Dissanayake | |
Native Name: | වීරකුමාර දිසානායක வீரகுமார திஸாநாயக்க |
Constituency Mp4: | Anuradhapura District |
Term Start4: | 2010 |
Term End4: | 2018 |
Office2: | State Minister of Mahaweli Development |
President2: | Maithripala Sirisena |
Primeminister2: | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Term Start2: | 2018 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Office3: | Deputy Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development |
President3: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Primeminister3: | D. M. Jayaratne |
Term Start3: | 2010 |
Term End3: | 2015 |
Constituency Mp5: | Puttalam District |
Term Start5: | 2004 |
Term End5: | 2010 |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1971 |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Otherparty: | United People's Freedom Alliance, National Freedom Front |
Weerakumara Dissanayake (si|වීරකුමාර දිසානායක) (born 10 April 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).He was deputy minister of Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development from 2010 to 2015.[1] In 2017 he left the National Freedom Front (NFF) to join the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[2]
In the 2004 General Elections Weerakumara contested the Puttalam Electorate from the United People's Freedom Alliance and was elected. On 2 April 2018, Weerakumara was appointed as the State Minister of Mahaweli Development.[3]
Constituency | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
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2010 parliamentary[4] | Elected | |||||
2015 parliamentary[5] | Elected | |||||
2020 parliamentary[6] | align=right | - | Not Elected |