Honourable Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero MP |
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Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for National List |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Kalutara District |
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In office 2004–2010 |
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Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Gampaha District |
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In office 2010–2015 |
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Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Jathika Hela Urumaya |
Residence | Sadaham Sewana Gothami Uyana, Obesekarapura, Rajagiriya |
Occupation | Buddhist monk |
Religion | Buddhist |
Athuraliye Rathana Thero is a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. A leading member of the Jatika Hela Urumaya a Buddhist nationalism party in Sri Lanka, thero played a major role in defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa and making maithripala Sirisena President. In the 2015 general election thero was a national list nominee of the United National Party List. Thero was appointed to the parliament after United National Party won the election.