Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Wimalaweera Dissanayake | |
Native Name: | විමලවීර දිසානායක விமலவீர திசாநாயக்க |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
President1: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Primeminister1: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Term Start1: | 18 April 2022 |
Term End1: | 9 May 2022 |
Successor1: | Mahinda Amaraweera |
President2: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Primeminister2: | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Term Start2: | 27 November 2019 |
Term End2: | 3 April 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Sarath Fonseka |
Constituency Mp3: | Ampara District |
Term Start3: | 17 August 2015 |
Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Wimalaweera Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament for Digamadulla District.[1] He was elected on 18 August 2015 from United People's Freedom Alliance.[2] After the 2019 Presidential election, the newly elected president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa appointed him as state minister of wildlife on 27 November 2019,[3] and he was once again appointed to the same post after the cabinet stepped down in the 2022 crisis.[4] He served from 18 April 2022 until 9 May 2022 following another mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet.[5]
He was the opposition leader of the Damana Pradeshiya Sabha (local council), Ampara.