Rohitha Bogollagama Politician

Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama (born 6 August 1954) (known as Rohitha Bogollagama) (Sinhala: රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම, Tamil: ரோகித போகோல்லாகம) is a Sri Lankan politician and the current Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Kotte Electorate. He had also served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 8 April 2010, losing his seat in parliament. He had a long career in law running from 1976 to 1999, before being elected to the Sri Lankan parliament in 2000.

Personal facts

Rohitha Bogollagama
Birth dateAugust 06, 1954
Birth place
North Western Province Sri Lanka
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Religion
Buddhism
Residence
Sri Lanka
Education
Ananda College
Sri Lanka Law College
Spouse
Name at birth
Profession
Lawyer

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Office holder

office
Sri Lanka
Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Industries of Sri Lanka
Cabinet Minister of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise
other party
United National Party
party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
president
successor

Rohitha Bogollagama on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.dailynews.lk/epaper/art.asp?id=2012/08/09/pg03_0&pt=p&h=
  2. http://www.rohithabogollagama.com
  3. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/10/26/pol04.asp
  4. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2014/05/18/fea02.asp