Ajith Perera

Ajith Perera
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
In office
9 September 2015 – 26 October 2018
Member of Parliament
for Kalutara
In office
22 April 2010 – 3 March 2020
Personal details
Political partyUnited National Party
Alma materAnanda College, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Law College
ProfessionAttorney-at-Law,
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Ajith Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and member of Parliament, who commenced his political career as a member of the Provincial Council of the Western Provincial Council in 2009. A lawyer by profession, he was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 2010 as a member of the United National Party from the Kalutara District. He was re-elected to the Parliament in 2015.

He is the current Minister of "Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology".[1] Earlier he was appointed the deputy minister of Foreign affairs in January 2015.

He is a lawyer by profession and alumnus of University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka, Law College and Ananda College, Colombo. He was born on 2 December 1967, in Bandaragama, a suburban town in Kalutara district.[2]

He is also a father to three children: Senura Perera, Senali Perera and Menura Perera.

  1. ^ "New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in".
  2. ^ "Updated Profile". Dare to be different. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2016-12-09.