Weerakumara Dissanayake

Weerakumara Dissanayake (Sinhala: වීරකුමාර දිසානායක) (born 10 April 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and a 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 supporting President Maithripala Sirisena.[2]

Hon. Weerakumara Dissanayake MP
State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Deputy Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development
In office 2010–2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	D. M. Jayaratne
Member of Parliament for Anuradhapura District
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
Personal details
Born	10 April 1971
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance, National Freedom Front

Electoral history

Electoral history of Weerakumara Dissanayake

Election	Constituency	Party	Votes	Result
2004 parliamentary	Puttalama District	UPFA	50,194	Elected
2010 parliamentary[3]	Anuradhapura District	UPFA	27,102	Elected
2015 parliamentary[4]	Anuradhapura District	UPFA	69,489	Elected

Politics

On 2 April 2018, Weerakumara was appointed as the State Minister of Mahaweli Development. [5]

References

1. Jayakody, Rasika (10 October 2010). "JVP using SF 'to cover its political nudity".
2. http://asianmirror.lk/news/item/26365-split-in-weerawansa-s-national-freedom-front-weerakumara-piyasiri-wijenaike-pb-kumara-join-slfp
3. "General Elections 2010 preferential votes" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 10 April 2010.
4. Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Full list of preferential votes". News First.
5. "New State and Deputy Ministers..." Ada derana. 2 April 2018.

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