Wimalaweera Dissanayake

For the Sri Lankan writer and scholar, see Wimal Dissanayake.

Hon.
Wimalaweera Dissanayake
MP
විමලවීර දිසානායක
விமலவீர திசாநாயக்க
Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation
In office
18 April 2022 – 9 May 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byC. B. Ratnayake
Succeeded byMahinda Amaraweera
State Minister of Wildlife Protection, Adoption of Safety Measures including the Construction of Electrical Fences and Trenches and Reforeststation and Forest Resource Development
In office
27 November 2019 – 3 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded bySarath Fonseka
Member of Parliament
for Ampara District
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 August 2015
Personal details
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party

Wimalaweera Dissanayake (Sinhala: විමලවීර දිසානායක) is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament for Digamadulla District.[1] He was elected on 18 August 2015 from United People's Freedom Alliance.[2] After the 2019 Presidential election, the newly elected president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa appointed him as state minister of wildlife on 27 November 2019,[3] and he was once again appointed to the same post after the cabinet stepped down in the 2022 crisis.[4] He served from 18 April 2022 until 9 May 2022 following another mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet.[5]

  1. ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka - Wimalaweera Dissanayaka". Parliament Secretariat. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Full List of Preferential vote results". Hiru Gossip English Edition. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  3. ^ "New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in". Colombo Page. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ "President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers". Colombo Page. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Prime Minister". Ada Derana. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022. The PM's departure also results in the dissolution of the Cabinet.