Role Politician | President Chandrika Kumaratunge Name Ravindra Samaraweera | |
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INSIGHT | EP 98 : Ravindra Samaraweera
Ravindra Samaraweera assumes duties as the Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife
Ravindra Samaraweera (or Ravi Samaraweera) is a Sri Lankan politician, the current state minister of Labor and Trade Union Relations member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
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- INSIGHT EP 98 Ravindra Samaraweera
- Ravindra Samaraweera assumes duties as the Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife
- References
Born to a leading political family in the Uva province Samaraweera is the long time United National Party organizer of the Walimada seat and leader of the Badulla District. He was a Deputy minister in the Ranasinghe Premadasa Cabinet and later a Project minister in the 2001 Ranil Wickramasinghe Government. In 2015 Samaraweera was appointed as minister in the Uva Provincial Council Under Harin Fernando. Samaraweera was also appointed the acting Chief Minister of Uva Province few times in the year 2015.
Samaraweera was elected to Parliament in 2015 after his party United National Party won the election to form a government.