Honourable Jeewan Kumaranatunga MP |
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Minister of Youth Affairs | |
In office 2000–2001 |
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Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs | |
Minister of Lands & Land Development | |
In office 2007–2010 |
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Minister of Posts & Telecommunication | |
In office 2010–2015 |
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Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Colombo |
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In office 1994 – 26 June 2015 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka |
November 7, 1958
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Other political affiliations |
United People's Freedom Alliance |
Spouse(s) | Shereen Priyanka Senaratne (m. June 18, 1986) |
Relations | Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake |
Children | Malsha Kumaranatunga |
Residence | 26 Nandimithra Place, Colombo 06 |
Alma mater | Carey College Colombo |
Profession | Actor |
Jeewan Kumaranatunga (born 7 November 1958) is a Sri Lankan film actor who later became a politician, a member of the parliament and a government minister. He is a close relative of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the nephew of actor and politician Vijaya Kumaratunga.
Kumaranatunga's daughter, Malsha, successfully contested the Colombo district seat on the Western Provincial Council in 2014.
One of Sri Lanka's best commercially successful film artists, Kumaranatunga started his cinema career alongside his uncle, Vijaya. He acted in more than 90 films across many genres over the last two decades.