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Hemakumara Nanayakkara

Honourable
Hemakumara Nanayakkara
MP
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Governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2015
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Galle District
In office
1989–1994
In office
2000–2010
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
In office
2007–2010
Personal details
Nationality Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Political party United National Party
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
Relations Vasudeva Nanayakkara
Alma mater Richmond College Galle

Hemakumara Wickramathilaka Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan politician and the current Governor of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. Nanayakkara played active roles for the United National Party victory at the 2001 General election. He was appointed as minister soon after the election. Later in 2007 he decided to support the UPFA. In 2012 Nanayakkara quit from the UPFA to form his own party called Ruhunu Janatha Party. The Party joined United National Party at the 2015 Presidential election to support the common candidate.Soon after the 2015 election victory he was appointed the Governor of Southern Province.



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