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Hon.
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
Governor of the North Western Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 May 2023
President
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister
Dinesh Gunawardena
Preceded by
Wasantha Karannagoda
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 2015–2020
Member of Parliament for Matara
In office 1994 – 26 June 2015
Personal details
Born
(1955-06-07) June 7, 1955 (age 69)
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Political party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence(s)
Lakmini Sanda, Beragama, Makandura, Matara, Sri Lanka.
Alma mater
St. Servatius' College[citation needed] Mahinda College, Galle
Website
http://www.lakshmanyapa.com/
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician who is currently serving as the Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. A former representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka, he served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs, Minister of Media, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare, deputy minister of civil aviation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He was the state minister for State Enterprise Development in the government of President Maithripala Sirisena.[1] He has been in parliament from 1994 and 2019.
Abeywardana was born in 1955 to a political family in Matara District, in Southern Province, where his father held local and provincial leadership positions. He was educated at St. Servatius College, Matara[citation needed] and Mahinda College, Galle.[2]
Abeywardana has been a proponent of various micro-level development programs to enable the people to improve their quality of life. He is the Chairman of the Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana Foundation. Abeywardana resides in Colombo. He is married and has three sons. His son Pasanda Yapa Abeywardana is a member of the Southern Provincial council.[3]
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