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Hon.
Lakshman Kiriella
MP
ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල லக்ஸ்மன் கிரிஎல்ல
Kiriella in March 2015
Chief Opposition Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 January 2020
President
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa Ranil Wickramasinghe
Preceded by
Mahinda Amaraweera
Leader of the House of Sri Lanka
In office 20 January 2015 – December 2019
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by
Nimal Siripala De Silva
Succeeded by
Dinesh Gunawardena
Minister of Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage & Kandy Development
In office 25 February 2018 – 22 November 2019
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by
Kabir Hashim
Minister of Higher Education and Highways
In office 14 October 2015 – 25 February 2018
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Succeeded by
Kabir Hashim
Minister of Plantation Industries
In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by
Mahinda Samarasinghe
In office 12 December 2001 – 2 April 2004
President
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament for Kandy District
Incumbent
Assumed office 1989
Personal details
Born
(1948-02-02) 2 February 1948 (age 76)
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Political party
Samagi Jana Balawegaya United National Party
Other political affiliations
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1989–2001)
Spouse
Charmaine née Jayawardena
Children
3
Residence
Pelawatta
Alma mater
Royal College, Colombo
Profession
Lawyer
Lakshman Bandara Kiriella, MP (born 2 February 1948) is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District, former Leader of the House of the parliament. Also he held office as Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development and as Minister of Higher Education and Highways from 2015 to 2019.
Educated at Royal College, Colombo and Sri Lanka Law College, he became a practicing lawyer before entering politics. He has elected to Parliament in 1989, he has been a Member ever since. He has served as the Minister of Tourism and Sports and the Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2015 he was appointed as the Leader of the House of the United National Party Government under Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.[1]
He is married to Charmaine Jayawardena and they have two daughters, Kishanee and Chami, and one son, Dinuk L. B.
In October 2018 the Asgiriya Chapter of Siam Nikaya conferred the title of Shasanamamaka Jana Prasadini on Kiriella, in recognition of his service to Buddhism and society.[2]
^Wickrematunge, Raisa. "Kiriella Speaks | The Sunday Leader". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
^"Shasanamamaka Jana Prasadini title for Minister Kiriella". The Daily News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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