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Hon.
Mahinda Wijesekera
MP
Member of Parliament
In office 1989–1994
Deputy Minister of Ports, Shipping, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
In office 1994–1997
Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development
In office 1997–1999
Minister of Forestry and Environment
In office 1999–2001
Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources
Member of Parliament for Matara District
In office 2001–2004
Minister of Special Projects
In office 2007–2008
Minister of Postal and Telecommunication
In office 2008–2010
Personal details
Born
14 November Devinuwara
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Political party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
Children
Kanchana Wijesekera
Residence
Matara
Alma mater
St. Servatius' College[citation needed] Jayawardanepura Vidyodaya University, Sri Lanka Law College
Profession
lawyer
Mahinda Wijesekera is a Sri Lankan politician, former Fisheries cabinet minister[1] and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
In 2001, Wijesekara left the President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party and joined United National Party along with few other senior ministers of the government such as S. B. Dissanayake and G. L. Peiris.[2] He was a member of the working committee of UNP and the party organiser for Weligama. However, in 2006 UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe removed from all of his positions in the party as a result of internal crisis against the leadership.[3]
On 2007, Wijesekara again crossed over to United People's Freedom Alliance government.[4] He was the Telecommunications Minister in the government.
He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.[5]
^Govt. urged to sack the JVP
^I never thought SB will cut short his political career so soon Archived 2005-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
^Mahinda Wijesekara stripped of Matara top slot Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
^UNP dissidents 'joining on Sunday'
^Sri Lanka bombing kills 10, wounds cabinet minister
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