Dayasiri Jayasekara
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The Honourable Dayasiri Jayasekara MP |
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| දයාසිරි ජයසේකර | |
| Minister for Sport | |
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Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Navin Dissanayake |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kurunegala District |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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In office 2004 – 24 July 2013 |
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| 6th Chief Minister of North Western Province | |
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In office 3 October 2013 – 1 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Athula Wijesinghe |
| Personal details | |
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J.P Dayasiri Jayasekara 12 June 1969 Panduwasnuwara, Sri Lanka |
| Citizenship | Sri Lankan |
| Nationality | Sinhalese |
| Political party |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2013–) United National Party (2001–2013) |
| Spouse(s) | Jayawanthi Jayasekara |
| Relations | Kithsiri Jayasekara (Singer) |
| Children | Kaveen Jayasekara Gihansi Jayasekara |
| Residence | Colombo |
| Alma mater | Mayurapada Central College |
| Occupation | politician |
| Profession | singer |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Website | http://dayasirijayasekara.lk/pages/ |
Jayasekara Pathirannahelage Dayasiri Pathmakumara Jayasekara (Sinhalese: දයාසිරි ජයසේකර) (born on 12 June 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician, and a singer. He was a Chief Minister of North Western Province, and current Minister for Sport in Sri Lanka.
Dayasiri Jayasekara was born on 12 June 1969, as the youngest of seven children born to J.P. Vinsant Jayasekara, who was a businessman and W.D.Siriyawathie, who was a teacher.
His five elder brothers are:
J.P.Kithsiri Chandrakumara Jayasekara - Popular singer & Music Director
His only elder sister J.P.Sriyani Champika Jayasekara is a teacher. Dayasiri is married to his longtime partner Jayawanthi Jayasekara and the couple has two children, Kaveen Jayasekara and Gihansi Jayasekara.
He received his primary education at Hettipola Junior School, Harischandra College and Mayurapada Central College, Narammala.
After obtaining a degree in law he joined the Justice Ministry as a coordinator. In 1997, he received a majority of the preferences votes in the Paduvasnuwara electorate. In 1999 he was appointed as the secretary of the Youth Association of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was instrumental in organising the 54th party conference.
Thereafter, he was appointed as Secretary to Prof. G. L. Peiris who was then the Minister of Investment Promotion. During this time Dayasiri displayed immense skills of leadership and demonstrated his ability at organising and leading the masses. He also served as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Mineral Sands Corporation.
Dayasiri commenced his political journey as a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. In 2001 he joined the United National Party (UNP) and was a candidate at the General Election held the same year. In 2004, he was appointed the organiser for the Katugampola electorate and received 52,457 preference votes at the General Election. In 2005, he was appointed as the organiser for Paduvasnuwara and continued to work with the residents of his electorate to uplift their living standards. In the 2010 General Election, he received 132,600 preference votes which was the highest votes received by any candidate in the Kurunegala District.
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