S. B. Dissanayake
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The Honorable S. B. Dissanayake MP |
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| Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare | |
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Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for National List |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kandy District |
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In office 2010–2015 |
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| Born | 18 September 1951 |
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 Sri Lankan
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| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party United National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Thamara Dissanayake (nee Samarakoon) |
| Children | Narada and Tharaka |
| Residence | Madanwala, Hanguranketha, Sri Lanka. |
| Alma mater | University of Sri Jayewardenepura |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sumanaweera Banda Dissanayake, MP (born 18 September 1951) (known as S. B. Dissanayake) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the former Cabinet Minister of Higher Education in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He was former general secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former National Organizer of the United National Party Dissanayake lost his cabinet position after Rajapaksha was defeated at the 2015 presidential election in Sri Lanka. .
In the 1977 General Elections Dissanayake contested the Hanguranketha Electorate from the Communist Party but was defeated. Dissanayaka contested for the parliamentary election in 1994 under the People's Alliance from the Nuwara Eliya district and was elected to parliament with 38372 votes. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Samurdhi affaris, Youth Affairs and Sports under President Chandrika Kumaratunga. In 2001, Dissanayaka and other eight ministers from the PA government crossed over to the United National Party which was a crucial factor in the downfall of the incumbent PA government. In 2002 he was assigned as the Cabinet Minister of Samurdhi and Agriculture in the UNP government under prime minister Ranil Wickramasinghe in addition to being elevated to National Organiser of the party. In December 2009, Dissanayaka crossed over again, to the SLFP. Dissanayake lost his cabinet position after Rajapaksha was defeated at the 2015 presidential election in Sri Lanka. His controversial statement about former president Chandrika Kumaratunge was criticized by many in the run up to the polls in 2015.
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