Susil Premajayanth
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The Honorable Susil Premajayantha MP |
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| Minister of Technology and Research | |
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Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Champika Ranawaka |
| Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy | |
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In office 28 January 2013 – 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Succeeded by | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Minister of Petroleum Industries | |
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In office 23 April 2010 – 28 January 2013 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne |
| Succeeded by | Anura Priyadharshana Yapa |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 23 November 2005 – 23 April 2010 |
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| President | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Succeeded by | Bandula Gunawardane |
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In office 2000–2001 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Preceded by | Richard Pathirana |
| Succeeded by | Sarath Amunugama |
| Minister of Power and Energy | |
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In office 10 April 2004 – 23 November 2005 |
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| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Karu Jayasuriya |
| Succeeded by | John Seneviratne |
| General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance | |
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In office 20 January 2004 – 14 August 2015 |
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| Leader |
Maithripala Sirisena Mahinda Rajapaksa Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Wiswa Warnapala |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo District |
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Assumed office 2001 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Gampaha District |
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In office 2000–2001 |
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January 10, 1955 Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations |
United People's Freedom Alliance (2004 - Present) People's Alliance (Before 2004) |
| Alma mater | St. John's College, Nugegoda |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Attorney at Law |
Achchige Don Susil Premajayantha (born 10 January 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Premajayantha received his primary and secondary education at St. John's College, Nugegoda. After that he attended the University of Colombo and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1982 and became an Attorney at Law in 1984. Later on in 2004 he also gained a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Premajayantha began his political career in 1991 being elected as the Deputy Chairman of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Urban Council. In 1993 he was elected to the Western Provincial Council and was elected Chief Ministers of Western Province in 1995.
In 2000 he entered parliament for the first time from Gampaha District and became the Minister of Education. Even though the People's Alliance was defeated in the 2001 general elections, Premajayantha was elected back into the Parliament from Colombo District and held his seat in subsequent elections.
With the formation of the United People's Freedom Alliance in 2004, Premajayantha was made its inaugural General Secretary of the party. When the United People's Freedom Alliance won the 2004 general elections he was given the post of Minister of Power and Energy When Mahinda Rajapaksa became President, he was again appointed Minister of Education and after the 2010 general elections as the Minister of Petroleum Industries and in a 2013 cabinet reshuffle he became the Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy
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