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Lakshman Kiriella

The Honourable
Lakshman Kiriella
MP
ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල
லக்ஸ்மன் கிரிஎல்ல
Leader of the House of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
20 January 2015
President Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by Nimal Siripala De Silva
Minister of Higher Education and Highways
Assumed office
14 October 2015
President Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Plantation Industries
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
President Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by Mahinda Samarasinghe
In office
12 December 2001 – 2 April 2004
President Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
1989
Personal details
Born (1948-02-02) February 2, 1948 (age 69)
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party United National Party
(2001 - Present)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
(Before 2001)
Other political
affiliations
United National Front for Good Governance
Spouse(s) Charmaine Jayawardena
Children Kishanee and Chami Kirella , Dinuk.L.B.Kiriella
Alma mater Royal College, Colombo
Occupation Politics
Profession Lawyer
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Lakshman Bandara Kiriella, MP is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is the Cabinet Minister of Highways & Higher Education, Leader of the House and a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District.

Educated at Royal College, Colombo and Sri Lanka Law College, he became a practicing lawyer before entering politics. He has elected to Parliament in 1989, he has been a Member ever since. He as served as the Minister of Tourism and Sports and the Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2015 he was appointed as the Leader of the House of the United National Party Government under Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.

Respectively, this minister has recently opened a Highway, which was budgeted and Almost finished when projects under the Former President Mahinda Rajapaksha.

He is married to Charmaine Jayawardena and together they have two daughters, Kishanee and Chami Kiriella, and one son, Dinuk. L.B. Kiriella, who is currently being educated at Royal College Colombo.



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