Lakshman Kiriella

Lakshman Kiriella
ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල
லக்ஸ்மன் கிரிஎல்ல
Kiriella in March 2015
Chief Opposition Whip
In office
20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Preceded byGayantha Karunathilaka
Leader of the House
In office
20 January 2015 – 2 January 2020
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byNimal Siripala De Silva
Succeeded byDinesh Gunawardena
Minister of Public Enterprise,
Kandyan Heritage & Kandy Development
In office
25 February 2018 – 22 November 2019
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byKabir Hashim
Minister of Higher Education and Highways
In office
14 October 2015 – 25 February 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Succeeded byKabir Hashim
Minister of Plantation Industries
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byMahinda Samarasinghe
In office
12 December 2001 – 2 April 2004
PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament
for Kandy District
In office
1989 – 24 September 2024
Personal details
Born (1948-02-02) 2 February 1948 (age 76)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySamagi Jana Balawegaya
United National Party
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1989–2001)
SpouseCharmaine née Jayawardena
Children3
ResidencePelawatta
Alma materRoyal College, Colombo
ProfessionLawyer

Lakshman Bandara Kiriella, MP (born 2 February 1948) is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District, former Leader of the House of the parliament. Also he held office as Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development and as Minister of Higher Education and Highways from 2015 to 2019.

Educated at Royal College, Colombo and Sri Lanka Law College, he became a practicing lawyer before entering politics. He has elected to Parliament in 1989, he has been a Member ever since. He has served as the Minister of Tourism and Sports and the Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2015 he was appointed as the Leader of the House of the United National Party Government under Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.[1]

He is married to Charmaine Jayawardena and they have two daughters, Kishanee and Chami, and one son, Dinuk L. B.

In October 2018 the Asgiriya Chapter of Siam Nikaya conferred the title of Shasanamamaka Jana Prasadini on Kiriella, in recognition of his service to Buddhism and society.[2]

  1. ^ Wickrematunge, Raisa. "Kiriella Speaks | The Sunday Leader". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  2. ^ "Shasanamamaka Jana Prasadini title for Minister Kiriella". The Daily News. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.