Mayantha Dissanayake

Honourable
Mayantha Dissanayake
MP
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1974-01-11) January 11, 1974
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party United National Party
Other political
affiliations		 Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United National Front for Good Governance
Parents Gamini Dissanayake
Srima Dissanayake
Alma mater Royal College, Colombo
Occupation Politics
Religion Buddhist

Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake (known as Mayantha Dissanayake) (born 11 January 1974) He is Member of Parliament from Kandy District having been elected in 2015 with a vote of 111,190.[1] He was a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Counci. He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. 2010 he supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest amount of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.[2][3] He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake, a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Navin Dissanayake is a MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.

Dissanayake is currently serving as the chief organizer for the Yatinuwara electorate for the United National Party.

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References

  1. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION 2015". Ada Derana. August 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Members of 6th Council 2013-2018 - Central Provincial Council - Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ Political kith and kin in fray: 19 elected out of 23.


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