Eran Wickramaratne
| Honourable Eran Wickramaratne Sinhala:ඉරාන් වික්රමරත්න මහතා Tamil:இரான் விக்கிரமரத்ன MP |
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| Deputy Minister of Investment Promotions and Highways | |
| In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo District |
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| Assumed office 2015 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List |
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| In office 2010–2015 |
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| Nationality |  Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Banker |
Eran Wickramaratne, MP is a Sri Lankan banker and politician. A current member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and he is the current Deputy Minister of "State Enterprise Development".[1] He was the Deputy Minister of Investment Promotions and Highways under 100 days program. He was the former CEO of NDB Bank since 2001 to 2010 and former Chairman of the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA).[2]
Education
Educated at Royal College Colombo, where he served as Head Prefect and played at the Royal–Thomian.[3][4] He gained a BSc in Economics and Politics and a MSc in Economics from the University of London. He is also an Eisenhower Fellow.[5]
Banking career
Having joined Citibank in 1982, he went on to become a Vice President in 1996. In 2000, he was involved in founding NDB Bank, where he became CEO in 2001. In 2005, he served as a Director and adviser for Board of Investment (BoI) and later became an adviser to the Ministry of Science & Economic Reform. During this time he was instrumental in formation of the first Information Communication Act and became the founder chairman of the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA). He resigned from his post of CEO of NDB to take up his seat in Parliament in 2010.[2]
Political career
He joined the right of center United National Party, serving as its treasurer and entered parliament from the National List at the 2010 General Elections. After the election of Maithripala Sirisena, Wickramaratne was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Investment Promotions and Highways in the "good governance" government under the premiership of Ranil Wickremasinghe.[6] He was appointed as the United National Party chief organizer of the Colombo-East electorate before being shifted to the Moratuwa electorate in 2015. In the general election that followed he was elected to parliament from the Colombo district gaining 82,737 votes.[7]
Family
He is the son of prominent evangelical pastor Rev. Dr. Colton Wickramaratne and of brother Dishan Wickramaratne.[8]
External links & References
- ↑ http://www.adaderana.lk/news/32279/new-state-and-deputy-ministers-sworn-in
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.island.lk/2010/03/01/news24.html
- ↑ For Sri Lanka’s Elite, High-School Cricket Match Is More Than a Game
- ↑ http://dailynews.lk/?q=sports/eran-wickremaratne-was-fine-opening-batsman-royal
- ↑ http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/10/05/religion-to-kill-or-die-for
- ↑ Investment over debt driven growth – Eran Wickramaratne
- ↑ Preferential votes- General Election 2015
- ↑ What Born-Again Politicians Means for South Asia
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