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Ranjan Ramanayake
රන්ජන් රාමනායක ரஞ்சன் ராமநாயக்க
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District
In office 1 September 2015 – 7 April 2021
Succeeded by
Ajith Mannapperuma
Majority
103,992 Preferential Votes
Member of Parliament for Ratnapura District
In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Majority
59,318 Preferential Votes
State Minister of Highways and Road Development
In office 21 December 2018 – 21 November 2019
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister
Kabir Hashim
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment & Welfare
In office 4 September 2015 – 26 October 2018
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister
S. B. Dissanayake
Deputy Minister of Social Services & Live Stock
In office 21 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
President
Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister
P. Harrison
Leader of the opposition of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
In office 23 August 2008 – 22 April 2010
Personal details
Born
Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu
(1963-03-11) 11 March 1963 (age 61) Negombo, Sri Lanka
Political party
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (2020-present)
Other political affiliations
United National Party (before 2020)
Relations
Vijaya Kumaranatunga
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Carlo Fonseka
Residence(s)
No D 4, MPP Housing Scheme, Madiwela, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte.
Alma mater
Maris Stella College
Occupation
Politician
Profession
Film Actor
Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu (born 11 March 1963) (රන්ජන් රාමනායක), popularly known as Ranjan Ramanayake, is a former Sri Lankan politician,[1] actor, film director, singer and script writer who appeared in a number of Sinhala language films. He is a former Member of the Parliament.
He served as the State Minister of Highways and Road Development (2018–2019). He served as the Deputy Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development Under Good Govenence in 2015 and Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare from 2015 to 2018. Ramanayake has won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award as well as being the Most Popular Actor consecutively for 16 years. He has appeared in over 75 Sinhalese films in genres ranging from romance to action and comedies, starting his career appearing in theatre, stage and several television series.
^"This is new political culture – Ranjan". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu (born 11 March 1963) (රන්ජන් රාමනායක), popularly known as RanjanRamanayake, is a former Sri Lankan...
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comedy, action film directed by RanjanRamanayake and produced by Lal Kaluarachchi for Lak films. It stars RanjanRamanayake, comic duo Bandu Samarasinghe...
co-produced by Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar. It stars RanjanRamanayake, Pubudu Chathuranga in lead roles along with Giriraj Kaushalya, Nilmini...
directed by Siritunga Perera and produced by Nalinda Prasad. It stars RanjanRamanayake in lead role along with Mahendra Perera and Arjuna Kamalanath. Music...
Mahirathna and produced by Upul Jayasinha for Nilwala Films. It stars RanjanRamanayake, Sanath Gunathilake, and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with...
Warnasuriya and produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya for Ureka Films. It stars RanjanRamanayake and Vasanthi Chathurani in lead roles along with Sangeetha Weeraratne...
Films. It was distributed as the sequel of RanjanRamanayake's film One Shot One in 2005. It stars Ramanayake, Tennyson Cooray, and Himali Siriwardena in...
Sinhala comedy film directed and produced by Suranga de Alwis. It stars RanjanRamanayake, Arjuna Kamalanath, and Buddhika Jayaratne in lead roles along with...
of Sri Lanka Police after his leaked telephone conversations with RanjanRamanayake which was termed as a discredit to the police services of the country...
Peris and produced by Sunil T Fernando for Sunil T Films. It stars RanjanRamanayake, Tennyson Cooray and Ananda Wickramage in lead roles along with Maheshi...
Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara RanjanRamanayake Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku W. D. J. Senewiratne Ranjith de Zoysa Pavithra...
produced by Sunil T.Fernando for Sunil T. Films. The film features RanjanRamanayake, Maheshi Madushanka, Sanath Gunathilake and Duleeka Marapana in the...
half century in test cricket. He also shared a 99 run partnership with Ranjan Madugalle for the fourth wicket in Sri Lanka's inaugural test match. He...
Kumaratunga, Ravindra Randeniya and Sanath Gunathilake along with RanjanRamanayake, Nita Fernando and Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi. It is the 1,209th Sri...
Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara RanjanRamanayake Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku W. D. J. Senewiratne Ranjith de Zoysa Pavithra...
Warnasuriya and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for EAP Films. It stars RanjanRamanayake, Kanchana Mendis, and debut actress Nisansala Jayatunga in lead roles...
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Warnasuriya and produced by Dhammika Siriwardena for Evoke Films. It stars RanjanRamanayake in dual role with new coming actress Udari Warnakulasooriya in lead...
Randiwa Films. It is the sequel of 2016 film Mage Yalu Malu. It stars RanjanRamanayake, Prashani Perera in lead roles along with Teddy Vidyalankara and Nilushi...
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