Ranjan Ramanayake
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Honourable Ranjan Ramanayake MP |
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| Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment & Welfare | |
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Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Minister | S. B. Dissanayake |
| Deputy Minister of Social Services & Live Stock | |
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In office 21 January 2015 – 17 August 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Minister | P. Harrison |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Gampaha District |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Ratnapura District |
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In office 2010–2015 |
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| Personal details | |
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Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu 11 March 1963 Negombo |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Relations | Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Jeewan Kumaranatunga, Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Residence | No D 4, MPP Housing Scheme, Madiwela, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte. |
| Alma mater | Maris Stella College, Negombo |
| Profession | Actor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | ranjanramanayake |
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| Awards won | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu (born 11 March 1963), best known by his mononym Ranjan Ramanayake , is a Sri Lankan film actor, film director, singer and a writer who appears in Sinhala language films and also a politician, Now he is the deputy minister of "Social Empowerment & Welfare". He is the former Deputy Minister of Social Services, Welfare and Livestock Development Under Good Govenence in 2015. Ramanayake has won the Sarasaviya 'Best Actor Award' as well as being the 'Most Popular Actor' consecutively for 14 years up to now. He has appeared in over 75 sinhalese films in genres ranging from romance to action and comedies, starting his career appearing in theatre, stage and several television series.
Ramanayake was born on 11 March 1963 in Negombo. He is the youngest in the family of two children, son of Rose Bridget Alphonsu and Simon Alphonsu, District Inspector at Ceylon Government Railway(CGR). He studied at Maris Stella College, Negombo. He added 'Ramanayake' to his name as a reciprocation to the filmmaker who helped him in building up his film career as lead actor.
Ramanayake's first leading role was in the commercial film "Jaya Kothenada" but his first film was " Christhu Charithaya" by Dr. Sunil Ariyarathne, which was in a crowded scene and maintained his status as a commercial film star through the 1990s. Ramanayake has occasionally branched out into more serious roles such as in Lester James Peries' Awaragira but continues to be known for his commercial roles. Recently, he has taken more control over his commercial film roles working as a director and screenwriter on the popular Parliament Jokes, One Shot and Leader, breaking box office records with these films and becoming one of the most successful leading actors and directors of Sinhala cinema. Bandu Samarasinghe and Tennyson Cooray are frequent co-stars of Ramanayake. He has sung in several films including Jaya Kothenada, Naralowa Holman, Love in Bangkok and others. His song "Ran Samanala Joduwa Wage" was a well-received among other songs.
Ramanayake was initially the Electoral Organizer of the Katana at Gampaha district & then became the Electoral Orgarnizer of Balangoda. In 2008, Ramanayake contested for the Chief Minister seat in Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council and became the Opposition Leader in Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council. In 2010 he was elected to the Parliament from Ratnapura District from United National Party and has become one of the most spoken members of the parliament who worked as a major opposition activist against the former government of Sri Lanka. Being one of the leading vocal members, Ramanayake has given utmost support towards the party to bring victory at recent Presidential Election. He is currently appointed as the United National Party Organizer of Divulapitiya in Gampaha District. Ramanayake received highest number of preferential votes—of UNPs—in Gampaha district, in the General Election on 17 August 2015, getting a total of 216 463 votes.
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