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Thalatha Atukorale | |
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තලතා අතුකෝරල தலதா அத்துக்கோரல | |
 Atukorale in 2012 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 25 August 2017 – 22 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe |
| Succeeded by | Nimal Siripala de Silva |
| Minister Prison Reforms | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 22 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | D.M. Swaminathan |
| Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare | |
| In office 12 January 2015 – 25 February 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Dilan Perera |
| Succeeded by | Harin Fernando |
| Member of Parliament for Ratnapura District | |
| In office 2004 – 21 August 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1963 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Other political affiliations | United National Front |
| Profession | Attorney-at-Law |
Thalatha Atukorale (born 30 May 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017, becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka.[1] She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale, former minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.
Atukorale came into active politics in 2004, after the death of her brother Gamini, a former cabinet minister and assistant leader of the United National Party. She was elected to the parliament at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 elections from Rathnapura district.
Atukorale announced her resignation as a member of Parliament of Sri Lanka on 21 August 2024, in a parliamentary address that included scathing critique of her party’s Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa.[2]
- ^ "Thalatha and Gamini sworn in to Wijeyadasa's portfolios".
- ^ "Thalatha thrashes Sajith before quitting party, Parliament". Daily FT. 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.