Mayantha Dissanayake

Hon.
Mayantha Dissanayake
MP
මයන්ත දිසානායක
மயந்த திஸாநாயக்க
Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake
Member of Parliament
for National List
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 August 2020
Member of Parliament
for Kandy District
In office
1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020
Majority111,190
Personal details
Born (1974-01-11) January 11, 1974 (age 50)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
RelationsNavin (brother)
Varuni (sister)
Parent(s)Gamini Dissanayake
Srima Dissanayake
Alma materRoyal College, Colombo

Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake (born 11 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician serving as a Member of Parliament for National List.[1] He was a former Member of Parliament from Kandy District and a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.

He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake, a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Navin Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.

He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. He supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest number of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.[2][3]

Dissanayake then served as the chief organizer for the Yatinuwara electorate for the United National Party.

  1. ^ "SJB National List includes Actor-politician Diana Gamage". EconomyNext. 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  2. ^ Members of 6th Council 2013-2018 - Central Provincial Council - Sri Lanka.
  3. ^ Political kith and kin in fray: 19 elected out of 23.