Wimalaweera Dissanayake Explained

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]

Political career

He was the opposition leader of the Damana Pradeshiya Sabha (local council), Ampara.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Sri Lanka - Wimalaweera Dissanayaka . Parliament Secretariat . 17 September 2015.
  2. News: Full List of Preferential vote results . Hiru Gossip English Edition . 18 August 2015 . 17 September 2015.
  3. Web site: New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in . Colombo Page . 6 December 2019.
  4. Web site: President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers . Colombo Page . 18 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Prime Minister . Ada Derana . 10 August 2022 . 9 May 2022 . The PM’s departure also results in the dissolution of the Cabinet..