Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera,
MP (born 19 April 1962) (known as ''Dilan Perera'') is a Sri Lankan politician. Current
Member of Parliament
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for
Badulla District
Badulla District ( si, බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කය ''badūlla distrikkaya''; ta, பதுளை மாவட்டம் ''Patuḷai māvaṭṭam'') is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area ...
, he was the former State Minister of Highways, State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi, Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development, and Deputy Minister of Justice.
Early life and education
Born to
Marshal Perera
Bodiyabaduge Marshal Anslem Romanis Perera (1930/1931 – 30 May 2020) ( PC) was a Sri Lankan politician and governor of Uva, Sabaragamuwa and Southern Provinces. He served as Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province, in office between January 2 ...
,
PC and Daya Perera, he was educated at
Royal College Colombo
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and studied at the
Sri Lanka Law College.
Political career
Perera entered politics in 1988, when he was elected to the Uva Provincial Council and served as leader of the opposition from 1993 to 1994. He was elected to parliament in the
1994 parliamentary elections and was served as Deputy Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration between 1999 and 2000. Having been re-elected or appointed to parliament from the
national list, Perera had served as Deputy Minister of Ports and Aviation, Deputy Minister of Media and Communication, Cabinet Minister of Estate Infrastructure, Minister of Ports and Ports Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare and State Minister of Highways.
Controversies
In February 1997, he was involved in a shooting with political rivals in which parliamentarian
Nalanda Ellawala was killed. In September 2018, he was accused of being linked to a person arrested in
Milan
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for
human smuggling
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, a link he strongly denied. That same month, he publicly admitted that some of the
LTTE soldiers and civilians who surrendered in the
Sri Lankan Civil War had been killed by Armed forces.
Family
Perera was married to
Saroja Sirisena, who served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany and
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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.
References
External links
Biography on Parliament's website
Government ministers of Sri Lanka
Sinhalese lawyers
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Living people
1962 births
People from Badulla
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