Rohitha Bogollagama
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Honourable Rohitha Bogollagama MP |
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Rohitha Bogollagama at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2007
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 28 January 2007 – 23 April 2010 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Preceded by | Mangala Samaraweera |
| Succeeded by | G. L. Peiris |
| Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion | |
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In office 23 November 2005 – 28 January 2007 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Succeeded by | Sarath Amunugama |
| Minister of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise | |
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In office 18 November 2004 – 23 November 2005 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Industries of Sri Lanka | |
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In office 12 December 2001 – 12 February 2004 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Succeeded by | Anura Bandaranaike |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 August 1954 Nikaweratiya, North Western Province, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan
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| Political party |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2004 - Present) United National Party (2000 - 2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Deepthi Bogollagama (née Samarakone) |
| Children | Dhakshitha, Dilshani |
| Residence | 40 / 13, Longdon Place, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater |
Ananda College, Colombo Sri Lanka Law College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama (born 6 August 1954) (known as Rohitha Bogollagama) (Sinhala: රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම, Tamil: ரோகித போகோல்லாகம) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Kotte Electorate. He had also served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 8 April 2010, losing his seat in parliament. He had a long career in law running from 1976 to 1999, before being elected to the Sri Lankan parliament in 2000.
Born in Nikaweratiya, North Western Province, to Chandrasekera Malala Banda Bogollagama (former Chairman, National Lotterys Board from 1966 to 1970) and Vinitha Bogollagama (née Senerath), he is one of their five children. Bogollagama attended Ananda College in Colombo and later the Sri Lanka Law College, passing out in 1976. He was called to the Bar and enrolled as Attorney-at-Law by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in October 1976.
Bogollagama's career in law ran for nearly thirty years, and included serving as legal consultant to the Ceylon Fertiliser Corporation from 1985 to 1993, and legal advisor to the United States government-run Voice of America from 1991 to 1999. He was also Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cement Corporation and Chairman and Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.
As a member of the United National Party, Bogollagama was elected to parliament in 2000 for Kurunegala District, and served the Parliamentary Consultative Committees on Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Industrial Development & Investment Promotion, and Power & Energy. On 12 December 2001, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed him Minister of Industries. As minister he initiated the "Yuga Dekma", a large industrial fair, in 2002. In 2004 president Chandrika Kumaratunga dissolved parliament and removed non-cabinet ministers on 12 February.
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