Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
Governor of the North Western Province
In office
17 May 2023 – 01 May 2024
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterDinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byWasantha Karannagoda
Succeeded by Naseer Ahamed
Governor of the Southern Province
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterDinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byWilly Gamage
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
May 2, 2024 – 22 September 2024
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Parliament
for Matara
In office
1994 – 26 June 2015
Personal details
Born (1955-06-07) June 7, 1955 (age 69)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence(s)Lakmini Sanda,
Beragama, Makandura,
Matara, Sri Lanka.
Alma materSt. Servatius' College[citation needed]
Mahinda College, Galle
Websitehttp://www.lakshmanyapa.com/

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the Governor of the North Western Province and as the Governors of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. A former representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka, he served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs, Minister of Media, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare, deputy minister of civil aviation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He was the state minister for State Enterprise Development in the government of President Maithripala Sirisena.[1] He has been in parliament from 1994 and 2019.

Abeywardana was born in 1955 to a political family in Matara District, in Southern Province, where his father held local and provincial leadership positions. He was educated at St. Servatius College, Matara[citation needed] and Mahinda College, Galle.[2]

Abeywardana has been a proponent of various micro-level development programs to enable the people to improve their quality of life. He is the Chairman of the Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana Foundation. Abeywardana resides in Colombo. He is married and has three sons. His son Pasanda Yapa Abeywardana is a member of the Southern Provincial council.[3]

  1. ^ "Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ^ Political stability, vital for economic growth - Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana
  3. ^ Pasanda Yapa Abeywardana tops Matara preference votes