Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
Minister of Highways and Road Development
In office
23 November 2005 – 6 April 2008
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterRatnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs
In office
10 April 2004 – 28 January 2007
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime MinisterRatnasiri Wickremanayake
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Civil Aviation and Airports Development
In office
19 October 2000 – 2001
PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga
Prime MinisterRatnasiri Wickremanayake
Chief Government Whip
In office
3 May 2004 – 6 April 2008
Preceded byMahinda Samarasinghe
Succeeded byDinesh Gunawardena
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
In office
9 March 1989 – 6 April 2008
Succeeded byDulip Wijeysekara
Majority90,307 Preferential Votes
Personal details
Born(1953-01-11)11 January 1953
Welihena, Dominion of Ceylon
Died6 April 2008(2008-04-06) (aged 55)
Weliveriya, Sri Lanka
Manner of deathAssassination
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
People's Alliance
SpouseSudarshani Fernandopulle
ChildrenSamurdhi and Bhanuka
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (Sinhala: ජෙයරාජ් ප්‍රනාන්දුපුල්ලේ, Tamil: ஜெயராஜ் பெர்னான்டோபுள்ளே, 11 January 1953 – 6 April 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a cabinet Minister and a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. He was a Roman Catholic and hailed from a minority ethnic group Colombo Chetties.