Sarath Weerasekara

The Honourable Sarath Weerasekara MP
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Ampara
In office 2 April 2010 – 17 August 2015
Personal details
Born	29 October 1951 Ampara, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United People's Freedom Alliance
Relations	Major General Ananda Weerasekara
Alma mater	Nalanda College Colombo Ananda College Colombo University of Kelaniya
Occupation	Politics
Religion	Buddhist
Military service
Rank	Rear admiral

Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara is a Sri Lankan politician and a Former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Ampara. He was a Rear admiral in the Sri Lankan Navy. . He was also the former Deputy Minister of Labour and Labour Relations

Sarath was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo and at Ananda College Colombo. He is also a graduate of University of Kelaniya before joining Sri Lanka Navy as an Officer cadet. He retired from Sri Lanka Navy as a Rear admiral. Sarath is a brother of Major General Ananda Weerasekara.

After the army career, he moved on to direction. He directed his first film Gamani in 2011, which is about the LTTE terrorist attack of Gonagala massacre in 1999. The film was critically acclaimed and also won many awards.

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