Ajith Perera | |
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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 party | United National Party |
Alma mater | Ananda College, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Law College |
Profession | Attorney-at-Law, |
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.