Ranil Jayawardena

Ranil Jayawardena
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byGeorge Eustice
Succeeded byThérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade
In office
5 May 2020 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJames Duddridge
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
13 February 2020 – 5 May 2020
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byPaul Scully
Succeeded byLee Rowley
Member of Parliament
for North East Hampshire
In office
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byJames Arbuthnot
Succeeded byAlex Brewer
Councillor of the Borough of
Basingstoke and Deane
In office
5 May 2008 – 11 May 2015
Personal details
Born
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena

(1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 (age 38)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Alison Lyn Jayawardena
(m. 2011)
Children3
Residence(s)Bramley, Hampshire, England
Alma materLondon School of Economics
WebsiteOfficial website

Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena[1] (born 3 September 1986) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire from 2015 until 2024. He served under Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022. He previously served under Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2022.

  1. ^ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Electoral Commission. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.