Tissa Attanayake

Hon.
Tissa Attanayake
තිස්ස අත්තනායක
திஸ்ஸ அத்தநாயக்க
Minister of Heath
In office
2014 December – 2015 January
Preceded byMaithripala Sirisena
Succeeded byRajitha Senaratne
Minister of Central Region Development
In office
2001–2004
Member of Parliament
for Kandy
In office
1989–2010
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024
In office
2010–2015
General Secretary of United National Party
In office
2007–2014
Succeeded byKabir Hashim
Personal details
Born
Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kudabanda Tissa Attanayake

(1961-05-17) 17 May 1961 (age 63)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySamagi Jana Balawegaya (2020 - )
United National Party (1989-2014)
Other political
affiliations		United National Front (1989-2014)
Residence(s)410/132 Buller's Road, Colombo 07

Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kudabanda Tissa Attanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, who is a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was first elected to parliament in 1989. Former general secretary of United National Party, Attanayake was appointed a Minister under the UNP government in 2001 and later by Rajapaksa in 2014. He only served 20 days under Rajapaksa.[1] He resides in Colombo.

Attanayake a loyal member of the United National Party member served as the General Secretary under Ranil Wickramasinghe until he resign from the post just months before the 2015 presidential election to support then president Rajapaksa. He alleged that in addition to the agreements reached with various political parties and organizations in public, Common Candidate Maithripala Sirisena has also signed different deals with those parties in private. UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe also said that he wrote to the IGP requesting an inquiry into the concocted agreement and forgery as it carries similar signatures of the duo.[2]

He was later arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).[3]

He was released on bail, following the courts ruling that they did not have enough evidence to hold him in remand captivity.[4]

  1. ^ "Tissa Attanayake resigns". adaderana.lk. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "No Secret Agreement". hirunews.lk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Tissa Attanayake remanded". adaderana.lk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Tissa Attanayake released on bail". newsfirst.lk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.