Wimal Weerawansa

Wimal Weerawansha
Leader of the National Freedom Front
Assumed office
14 May 2008
Preceded byPosition Established
Minister of Industries[a]
In office
22 November 2019 – 3 March 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byDaya Gamage
Succeeded byDilum Amunugama
Minister of Small & Medium Business and Enterprise Development
In office
22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byRavi Karunanayake
de facto Minister of Housing and Social Welfare
In office
9 November 2018 – 15 December 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded bySajith Premadasa
Succeeded bySajith Premadasa
Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities
In office
23 April 2010 – 12 January 2015
PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterD. M. Jayaratne
Preceded byFerial Ashraff
Succeeded bySajith Premadasa
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
Assumed office
2000
Member of the Western Provincial Council
In office
1999–2000
Member of Colombo Municipal Council
In office
1997–1999
Personal details
Born
Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansha

(1970-03-07) 7 March 1970 (age 54)
CitizenshipSri Lankan
Political partyNational Freedom Front (since 2008)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (1987–2008)
Other political
affiliations
Freedom People's Alliance (since 2023)
Supreme Lanka Coalition (since 2022)
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022)
United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019)
SpouseShashi Weerawansha
Children2
OccupationPolitician
Websitewimalweerawansa.lk

Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansa (Sinhala: විමල් වීරවංශ, Tamil: விமல் வீரவன்ச) (born 7 March 1970) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and current leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF). Weerawansa has served many cabinet positions, including Minister of Industries from 2020 to 2022, Minister of Small and Medium Business and Enterprise Development, Industries and Supply Chain Management from 2019 to 2020, Minister of Housing and Social Welfare in 2018 and the Minister of Construction and Housing from 2010 to 2015.
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