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Susantha Punchinilame

Honourable
Susantha Punchinilame
MP
Minister of Small Holder Development
In office
2001–2004
Deputy Minister of Public Estate Management & Development
In office
2007–2010
Deputy Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development
In office
2010 – 12 January 2015
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Trincomalee District
Assumed office
8 April 2010
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Ratnapura District
In office
16 August 1994 – 9 February 2010
Personal details
Born (1961-04-06) April 6, 1961 (age 56)
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United National Party
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence C42 Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 05
Religion Buddhist

Galgamuwa Vidanalage Susantha Punchinilame is a Sri Lankan politician, originally from Ratnapura and the son of late G.V Punchinilame. He is a politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister. He was the main suspect in the murder of Nalanda Ellawala, a young minister of parliament who was killed during a shootout between supporters belonging to the United National Party and the People’s Alliance in the Kuruwita area on 11 February 1997. However, Punchinilame has been cleared of all charges and was subsequently released on 18 December 2013.




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