Sri Lankan politician
Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Kumarasiri Rathnayake (born 15 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan teacher, politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament .[ 1]
Rathnayake was born on 15 January 1967.[ 1] He has a BSc degree from the University of Ruhuna .[ 2] He is a teacher.[ 2]
Rathnayake was a member of Monaragala Divisional Council and Uva Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio for two terms.[ 2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Monaragala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
References
^ a b "Directory of Members: Kumarasiri Rathnayaka" . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka . Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
^ a b c "Get to know your new parliamentarians" . The Sunday Times . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 9A. Retrieved 9 August 2020 .
^ a b "Shasheendra leads Monaragala District" . The Daily Mirror . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament" . Sunday Observer . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF) . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections . p. 216. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
^ "Preferences Moneragala" (PDF) . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections . p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
^ Dalima, Bella (21 September 2014). "Preferential voting results for Monaragala District released" . News First . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2020 .