Dayasiri Jayasekara

Dayasiri Jayasekara
දයාසිරි පද්මසිරි ජයසෙකර
தயாசிறி ஜெயசேகரன்
General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Assumed office
3 January 2019
ChairpersonMaithripala Sirisena
Preceded byRohana Lakshman Piyadasa
Minister for Sport
In office
4 September 2015 – 12 April 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byNavin Dissanayake
Succeeded byFaiszer Musthapha
6th Chief Minister of North Western Province
In office
3 October 2013 – 1 September 2015
Preceded byAthula Wijesinghe
Succeeded byDharmasiri Dassanayake
Member of Parliament
for Kurunegala District
Assumed office
2015
In office
2004 – 24 July 2013
Personal details
Born
J. P. Dayasiri Jayasekara

(1969-06-12) 12 June 1969 (age 55)
Panduwasnuwara, Dominion of Ceylon
NationalitySri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
(2013–)
United National Party
(2001–2013)
SpouseJayawanthi Panibharatha
RelationsKithsiri Jayasekara (elder brother)
Channa Wijewardena (brother-in-law)
Upuli Wijewardena (sister-in-law)
Children2
ResidenceColombo
Alma materMayurapada Central College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
CommitteesCommittee on Public Accounts
Websitehttp://dayasirijayasekara.lk/pages/

J. P. Dayasiri Padma Kumara Jayasekara (born 12 June 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. He is the District Leader of the SLFP for the Kurunegala District and Organizer for the Paduwasnuwara Electorate.

Jayasekara is a Member of Parliament from the Kurunegala District of the North Western Province. Jayasekara is known as an advocate of progressive socio-economic policy. He previously served as Chief Minister of the North Western Province between 2013 and 2015 and as Minister of Sports between 2015 and 2018. He served as the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party from 2019 until his suspension in 2023.[1]

  1. ^ "SLFP suspends membership of Dayasiri Jayasekara". NewsWire. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.