Anuradha Jayaratne

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The Honourable
Anuradha Jayaratne
MP
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1985-12-22) December 22, 1985 (age 39)
Nationality Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		 United People's Freedom Alliance
Relations D. M. Jayaratne (father)
Alma mater Royal College, Colombo,
Trinity College, Kandy
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer
Religion Buddhist
Website http://anuradhajayaratne.com

Dissanayake Mudiyanse Anuradha Lanka Pradeep Jayaratne (born 22 December 1985) is a Sri Lankan politician. Current member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, and is the Hon. Deputy Minister for the ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment. He is a former member of the Central Provincial Council. He is the son of the former Sri Lankan Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne.

Education

Educated at Trinity College, Kandy and Royal College, Colombo, he gained a LLB from the University of Buckingham and completed the law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College taking oaths as an Attorney at law in 2010. He thereafter gained a LLM from the University of Colombo.

Political career

After becoming a lawyer, Anuradha went into active politics working as Private Secretary to the his father the Prime Minister in 2010. In 2013, he contested the Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2013 and was elected to the Central Provincial Council gaining the highest number of preferential votes yet Sarath Ekanayake was preferred over him for the post of Chief Minister.[1][2][3][4][5]

He contested the 2015 parliamentary election and was elected to parliament from Kandy.[6]

References

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