Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Politician

Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera is Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Food Protection and Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala District.He is the Chairman of United National Party (UNP) and former Cabinet Minister (Irrigation and Water Management).He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. He was a member of the college First XI cricket team & captained the team in 1960. Some of Gamini's notable team mates at Nalanda were H. R. Piyasiri, Premasara Epasinghe, Mithra Siriwardena.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 29, 1941
Birth place
Sri Lanka , Kurunegala
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Religion
Buddhism
Education
Nalanda College Colombo

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Member of parliament

region
Kurunegala

Politician

party
United National Party

Topical connections

D. M. SwaminathanPolitician
A. D. Champika PremadasaPolitician
Akila Viraj KariyawasamPolitician
A. H. M. FowziePolitician
A. P. Jagath PushpakumaraPolitician

Gamini Jayawickrama Perera on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.battleofthemaroons.lk/history_1957.html
  2. http://www.battleofthemaroons.lk/history_1960.html#2
  3. http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/03/27/politicslead.html
  4. http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/09/05/spo10.htm
  5. http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=125