President Chandrika Kumaratunge Role Sri Lankan Politician | Preceded by W. D. J. Senewiratne Name Anura Dissanayaka Nationality Sri Lankan | |
![]() | ||
Full Name Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayaka Born 24 November 1968 (age 55) Sri Lanka ( 1968-11-24 ) Profiles | ||
Preceded by Somawansha Amarasinghe |
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (Sinhala:අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක, Tamil:அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க ) (born 24 November 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician, current Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He served for a time as Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation. Dissanayake was named the leader of JVP at the 7th national convention of the party, held on 2 February 2014. He was appointed as the Chief Opposition Whip of Sri Lanka in September 2015.

He was the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation in the 2004 SLFP, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna joint government under President Chandrika Kumaratunge.





References
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA