The Honourable Gamini Jayawickrama Perera MP |
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Minister of Sustainable Development & Wildlife | |
Assumed office 12 January 2015 |
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President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kurunegala District |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 29 January 1941 Kurunegala, Sri Lanka |
Nationality | Sri Lanka |
Political party | United National Party |
Relations | Lincoln Perera |
Alma mater | Nalanda College Colombo |
Occupation | Politics |
Religion | Buddhist |
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka representing Kurunegala. He is currently the Cabinet Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife and was the former Cabinet Minister of Food Protection.He was elected as the chairman of ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)in April 2016.
Gamini was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. He was a member of the college's first XI cricket team and captained the team in 1960.