Mahinda Samarasinghe
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The Honourable Mahinda Samarasinghe MP |
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| Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training | |
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Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| State Minister of Finance | |
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In office 22 March 2015 – 17 August 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kalutara District |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1956 |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan
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| Political party |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2006 - Present) United National Party (1988 - 2006) |
| Other political affiliations |
United People's Freedom Alliance (2006 - Present) United National Front (2001 - 2006) |
| Residence | 53/2, Torrington Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Mahinda Buddhadasa Samarasinghe, MP (born 30 January 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician and former diplomat. He is the current Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training in President Maithripala Sirisena's Government, and Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Panadura Electorate in Kalutara District. Samarasinghe co-chairs the Permanent Standing Committee on Human Rights in Sri Lanka.
Mahinda Samarasinghe completed a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Having joined the Sri Lanka Overseas Service, he served as the First Secretary to the Sri Lanka High Commission in Australia and as Counselor for the Sri Lankan Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva during the 1980s. He has represented Sri Lanka at the International Labour Organization, World Health Organisation, International Telecommunication Union and the World Meteorological Organisation. While working at the Sri Lanka Mission in Geneva, he represented Sri Lanka at almost all of the Governing Body meetings of the ILO in 1986 and 1987, as well as the International Labour Conference (ILC) from 1985–1987. At the end of the 1987 ILC, he successfully presented a draft resolution on ‘Workers Housing,' which was adopted at the conference.
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