Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake (born 11 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician serving as a Member of Parliament for National List.[1] He was a former Member of Parliament from Kandy District and a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.
Mayantha Dissanayake | |
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මයන්ත දිසානායක மயந்த திஸாநாயக்க | |
![]() Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake | |
Member of Parliament for National List | |
Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
Member of Parliament for Kandy District | |
In office 1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020 | |
Majority | 111,190 |
Personal details | |
Born | January 11, 1974 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Relations | Navin (brother) Varuni (sister) |
Parent(s) | Gamini Dissanayake Srima Dissanayake |
Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake, a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Navin Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.
He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. He supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest number of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.[2][3]
Dissanayake then served as the chief organizer for the Yatinuwara electorate for the United National Party.
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edit- ^ "SJB National List includes Actor-politician Diana Gamage". EconomyNext. 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ^ Members of 6th Council 2013-2018 - Central Provincial Council - Sri Lanka.
- ^ Political kith and kin in fray: 19 elected out of 23.