Nationality Sri Lankan | Name Thalatha Atukorale | |
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Born May 30, 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-05-30 ) Similar People Gamini Atukorale, Dunesh Gankanda, Eran Wickramaratne, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Rosy Senanayake | ||
Thalatha Atukorale (born May 30, 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Mrs. Atukorala was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on January 12, 2015. She was given the addtional duties of Minister of Justice on August 25, 2017. becoming the 1st women to hold that position in Sri Lanka. She is the sister of Late Gamini Atukorale, Former Minister and Assistant leader of the United National Party.
Mrs. Atukorale came into active politics in 2004, after the death of her brother Gamini Atukorale a former cabinet minister and assistant leader of the United National Party. She won a seat in the parliament at the 2004, 2010 and the 2015 elections from Rathnapura district.