Champika Ranawaka

Patali Champika Ranawaka
පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක
பாடலி சம்பிக்க ரணவக்க
Minister of Megalopolis and Western Development
In office
4 September 2015 – 17 November 2019
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byMinistry established
Minister of Power and Energy
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byPavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
Succeeded byRanjith Siyambalapitiya
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
Assumed office
22 April 2010
Majority65,574 Preferential Votes
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
01 February 2007 – 09 February 2010
Preceded byOmalpe Sobhitha Thero
Personal details
Born (1965-08-04) 4 August 1965 (age 59)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Political partyUnited Republican Front (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Jathika Hela Urumaya (until 2023)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Alma materUniversity of Moratuwa
Taxila Central College, Horana
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMember of Parliament[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Achchige Patali Champika Ranawaka (Sinhala: පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක; born 4 August 1965) is a Sri Lankan electrical engineer and a politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the Colombo District of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. He is currently the leader of a civil society named "43rd Brigade", after declaring himself as an independent Member of Parliament on 8 June 2022.[2] He was the Cabinet Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, as well as Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Power and Energy and Technology, Research and Atomic Energy.[3][4]

  1. ^ Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka, M.P.
  2. ^ News Desk, Colombo Page (8 June 2022). "MP Patali Champika Ranawaka becomes independent in Parliament". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Technology, Research to be national priority". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
  4. ^ "Work on Megapolis from 2016". Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.