Wasantha Aluwihare (born 16 July 1962) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n politician from

Matale Matale ( Sinhala: මාතලේ, ta, மாத்தளை, translit=Māttaḷai) is the administrative capital city of the Matale District. It is the most urbanised and populated centre in the district. Matale is also the second largest muni ...

and a member of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

belonging to the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

. He is the current State Minister of Agriculture in the United National Party led unity government, He was earlier the Chief Minister of the

Central Province of Sri Lanka The Central Province ( si, මධ්‍යම පළාත ''Madhyama Paḷāta'', ta, மத்திய மாகாணம் ''Madhdhiya Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of th ...

. He is the son of

Alick Aluwihare Wanisekara Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Aluwihare Uda Walauwe Alick Aluwihare (commonly known as Alick Aluwihare; 20 December 1926 – 17 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the United National Party. He was a Sri Lan ...

and brother of

Ranjith Aluwihare Ranjith Jinatissa Aluwihare (born May 5, 1958) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a representative of Matale District for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is also the most senior member of the parliament for the United ...

. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment before given the state ministry.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of Sri Lanka website
Sri Lankan Buddhists Living people 1962 births United National Party politicians Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Chief Ministers of Central Province, Sri Lanka Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians {{CentralLK-politician-stub