Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
George Eustice
Succeeded by
Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade
In office 5 May 2020 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
James Duddridge
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 13 February 2020 – 5 May 2020
Leader
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Paul Scully
Succeeded by
Lee Rowley
Member of Parliament for North East Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by
James Arbuthnot
Majority
20,211 (34.1%)[1]
Councillor of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane
In office 5 May 2008 – 11 May 2015
Personal details
Born
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena
(1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 (age 37) London, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Alison Lyn Jayawardena
(m. 2011)
Children
3
Alma mater
London School of Economics
Website
Official website
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena[2] (born 3 September 1986) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he served under Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2022.
Born in London, Jayawardena moved to Hampshire before starting school. His education was at his local comprehensive in North East Hampshire, Robert May's School, followed by Alton College. Jayawardena graduated from the London School of Economics and worked for Lloyds Banking Group, where he became a senior manager.
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