Amarasiri Dodangoda
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The Honourable Amarasiri Dodangoda MP |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 8 April 2004 – 30 May 2009 |
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| President |
Mahinda Rajapaksa Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister |
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | W. J. M. Lokubandara |
| Succeeded by | Milinda Moragoda |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Galle |
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In office 1983–1993 |
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In office 1994–2009 |
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| Born | 18 October 1941 |
| Died | 30 May 2009 (aged 67) Galle, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Amarasiri Dodangoda (18 October 1941 – 30 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan politician, the former Minister of Justice and Law Reforms (2005–2009) and the second Chief Minister of the Southern Province (1993–1994).
Dodangoda was born on 18 October 1941 to a businessman William Appuhamy and Punyawathie Goonesekera in Dodangoda, Galle. His had his primary education at Kukulalawatte Junior School, Ginimallegaha, Baddegama and had his tertiary level education both at Baddegama Ratnasara Vidyalaya and Richmond College, Galle. He graduated from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1963 with a B.A. degree and began his profession as a teacher at Vidyaloka Pirivena, Galle. Then he joined the Government service as an Education Officer in the latter part of the 1960s and this was followed by his entry to Sri Lanka Law College in 1971.Subsequently he was sworn in as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was married and had two children.
He was a radical political figure in Southern Sri Lanka since 1971. He acted as Sri Lanka Freedom Party organiser for Baddegama, contested the Galle electorate and entered Parliament in 1983. In 1993 he gave up his Opposition Parliamentary seat and made revolutionary move, giving signals end 17-year United National Party Government, he was the elected Chief Minister of the Southern Province with a majority vote. He re-entered Parliament as an MP in 1994, and held various ministries, including those of indigenous medicine, co-operatives, vocational training, local government, public administration and home affairs. He was appointed Minister of Justice and Law Reforms in 2005. As a politician he has been man of ethics, and has never crossed over from political from his political party, has never misappropriated public funds, and supported leftist course of views. People of Galle in appreciation continued to support Amarasiri Dodamgoda as a Minister while he was ailing due poor health in his later years. He was a firm supporter of the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapakse.
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