Milinda Moragoda
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The Honourable Asoka Milinda Moragoda |
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| Colombo Municipal Councillor & Opposition Leader | |
| Senior Adviser to President | |
| Minister of Justice and Law Reform | |
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In office 30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Preceded by | Amarasiri Dodangoda |
| Succeeded by | Athauda Seneviratne |
| Minister of Tourism, Economic Reform, Science and Technology | |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo District |
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In office 05 December 2001 – 22 April 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 June 1964 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2011– Present) United National Party (2000 − 2007) |
| Other political affiliations |
Sri Lanka National Congress (2009 – 2011) United People's Freedom Alliance (2007 – Present) |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Moragoda |
| Relations | Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto (father) |
| Alma mater |
International Institute for Management Development Royal College Colombo |
| Website |
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Asoka Milinda Moragoda (Sinhala:අශෝක මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ) (born 4 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He is the current Opposition Leader of the Colombo Municipal Council & was a Senior Adviser to former President Mahinda Rajapakse. He was a former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament representing the Colombo District. Moragoda has served as the Minister of Justice and Law Reform, Minister of Tourism (2007–2009); Minister for Economic Reform, Science and Technology and Deputy Minister for Plan Implementation and Development (2002–2004).
In 2007 the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) accused then opposition parliamentarian Moragoda of large scale corruption during his time as a UNP minister. In a bid to dodge prosecution Moragoda crossed over to the ruling UPFA government and was appointed Minister of Justice and Law Reform.
He was born to Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto a diplomat and Yasodha Neiliya Jayawardena, daughter of U. N. Jayawardena the former Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon. He attended Royal College Colombo and graduated with a MBA from the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland. Moragoda was a Fellow of the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs (then known as the Centre for International Affairs) at Harvard University from 1994 to 1995.
Before he entered politics, Moragoda was the Founder Chairman of Mercantile Merchant Bank Ltd (MMBL), an investment bank and private equity company in Sri Lanka with interests in a wide range of business sectors. He was also involved with the creation of the , and served as an alternate director on its first board. During his tenure in business, Moragoda also served on a large number of corporate boards.
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