Ramesh Pathirana
Ramesh Pathirana is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[1]He was educated at Richmond College, Galle and University of Peradeniya. He is a physician by profession and is the son of former Education and Higher Education minister Richard Pathirana.
Ramesh Pathirana | |
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| Minister of Plantation | |
| Assumed office 12 August 2020 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Himself as Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture |
| Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture | |
| In office 22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Navin Dissanayake |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Minister of Plantation |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Galle District | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1969 |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
| Alma mater | Richmond College (Sri Lanka), University of Peradeniya |
| Profession | Physician |
Political career
He was appointed as Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture on 22 November 2019 [2] [3]
He was appointed as Minister of Plantation on 12th August 2020 by the SLPP government [4] [5]
Elections
Elected to parliament first in 2010. [6]
In the 2020 general elections held on 5th August 2020 he won the highest preferential votes of 205,814 in the Galle district [7]
References
- "RAMESH PATHIRANA". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- "Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka\'s interim cabinet under new President sworn-in". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- "New Cabinet sworn in - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- "Sri Lanka President appoints cabinet ministers, state ministers". EconomyNext. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- "නව ඇමැති මණ්ඩලය". www.lankadeepa.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- "14th Parliament of Sri Lanka", Wikipedia, 2020-06-15, retrieved 2020-08-07
- Pathirana, Ramesh (7 August 2020). www.adaderana.lk http://www.adaderana.lk/news/66250/preferential-votes-of-galle-district-released. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Missing or empty
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