(1977-09-24) September 24, 1977 (age 46) Sri Lanka
Political party
United National Party (2023–present) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (2020–2023) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2010–2020) United National Party (until 2010)
Other political affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance (2010–2020) United National Front (until 2010)
Spouse
Shanika Sooriyaarachchi
Alma mater
Mahinda College, Galle
Occupation
Journalist
Manusha Nanayakkara (born 24 September 1977) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister, and member of Parliament for the Galle District. He is a journalist by profession and was educated at Mahinda College, Galle.[2][3] He was appointed as the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment on the 20 May 2022.[4]
On 20 May 2022, amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests and political crisis, Nanayakkara was sworn in as the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment and officially became a member of the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe led cabinet, against the wishes of his own party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).[5] He and fellow minister Harin Fernando had subsequently been suspended from the SJB. Both ministers would later resign from their ministerial portfolios on 9 July 2022, but would again be reappointed to their same positions by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on 22 July 2022.[6] A year later, on 18 July 2023, the Working Committee of the SJB expelled Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara from the party.[7] Shortly afterwards, on 2 August 2023, Fernando and Nanayakkara were readmitted into the United National Party by the party's working committee.[8]
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