Vincent Perera

Vincent Perera
10th Chief Government Whip
In office 18 February 1989 – 7 April 1993
President	J. R. Jayewardene Ranasinghe Premadasa
Succeeded by	Wimal Wickremasinghe
In office 23 July 1987 – 15 February 1989
President	J. R. Jayewardene
In office 7 September 1978 – 6 July 1987
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Kiri Banda Ratnayake
12th Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)
In office 1989–1990
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Preceded by	Nissanka Wijeyeratne
Succeeded by	Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Minister of Environment
In office ? – ?
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
2nd Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka)
In office 23 July 1977 – 1988
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Kiri Banda Ratnayake
Succeeded by	Nanda Mathew
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 23 July 1977 – ?
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Mayor of Colombo
In office 1970–1973
Preceded by	Jabir A. Cader
Succeeded by	A. H. M. Fowzie
In office 1965–1966
Preceded by	V. A. Sugathadasa
Succeeded by	Jabir A. Cader
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo
In office 1989–1994
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo North
In office 1977–1989
Preceded by	V. A. Sugathadasa
Succeeded by	Electoral District Abolished
Personal details
Born	21 September 1918
Political party	United National Party
Occupation	Clerk
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Mathew Vincent Perera (born 21 September 1918) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He served in multiple cabinet positions and government posts. Perera was also Mayor of Colombo twice.

Perera was one the wounded in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament.

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