Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Yadamini Gunawardena | |
Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: යදාමිණී ගුණවර්ධන யாதமினி குணவர்த்தன |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office1: | Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
Constituency1: | National List |
Term Start1: | 2020 |
Birth Name: | Yadamini Narodhama Rupasinghe Gunawardena |
Party: | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna |
Otherparty: | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
Alma Mater: | Royal College Colombo University of Wisconsin–Superior University of Wales |
Yadamini Narodhama Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]
Gunawardena is the son of Dinesh Gunawardena and grandson of Philip Gunawardena, both government ministers.[2] [3] He is also the grandson of MP Kusumasiri Gunawardena.[4] He completed primary & secondary education at Royal College Colombo.[5] He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Superior (2003) and the University of Wales (2013).[6]
Gunawardena is deputy leader and deputy secretary of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.[7] [8] Following the 2020 parliamentary election he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna which is in alliance with Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[9] [10] [11]
Gunawardena is married to former UPFA Western province councillor Samanmali Sakalasuriya.[12]