Ruwan Wijewardene
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The Honourable Ruwan Wijewardene MP |
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| The State Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Gampaha District |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Born | August 4, 1975 |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan
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| Political party | United National Party |
| Parents | Ranjith Wijewardene Ranjani Wijewardene (née Senanayake) |
| Alma mater |
S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Colombo, Sri Lanka University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Religion | Buddhist |
| Website | Official website |
Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene (Sinhala:දිනෙන්ද්ර රුවන් විජෙවර්ධන) (born 4 August 1975) (known as Ruwan Wijewardene) is a Sri Lankan politician, He is the current State Minister of Defence, Member of Parliament for Gampaha District and the United National Party (UNP) chief organiser for Biyagama Electorate. Prior to entering parliament in 2010, he was a member of the Western Provincial Council.
Born to a political dynasty, he is the youngest son of Ranjani Senanayake and Ranjith Wijewardene (Chairman of Wijeya Newspapers). His maternal great grandfather, Rt Hon D.S Senanayake, was the first prime minister of Ceylon and his grand uncle, Dudley Senanayake, was the second prime minister of Ceylon and went on to become prime minister two more times during the 1950s and 1960s. His paternal grandfather, D. R. Wijewardena, was a press baron who was a leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A successful entrepreneur, he established Lake House newspapers and played a major role in the independence movement. Ruwan Wijewardene is a nephew of the first executive president J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka and a cousin of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Wijewardene completed his primary and secondary education at St. Thomas' Preparatory School. He then pursued further studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, where he earned a BA.
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