Dullas Alahapperuma

Dullas Alahapperuma
ඩලස් අලහප්පෙරුම
டல்லாஸ் அழகப்பெரும
Alahapperuma in 2014
Leader of the Freedom People's Congress
Assumed office
2 September 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Minister of Mass Media
In office
16 August 2021 – 3 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byKeheliya Rambukwella
Succeeded byNalaka Godahewa
Minister of Power and Energy
In office
12 August 2020 – 16 August 2021
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byMahinda Amaraweera
Succeeded byGamini Lokuge
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
In office
22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byHarin Fernando
Succeeded byNamal Rajapaksa
Member of Parliament
for Matara District
Assumed office
2015
In office
1994–2001
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
2005–2015
Personal details
Born
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma

(1959-05-14) 14 May 1959 (age 65)
Dikwella, Matara, Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyFreedom People's Congress (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1994–2019)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2019–2022)
SpousePradeepa Dharmadasa
ChildrenMahima Induwara
Kaushika Nalanda
Alma materSt. Servatius' College
Ananda College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionJournalist

Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma (born 14 May 1959) is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District.