Weerakumara Dissanayake ( si, වීරකුමාර දිසානායක) (born 10 April 1971) 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 and former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

and member of the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

(UPFA). He was deputy minister of Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development from 2010 to 2015. In 2017 he left the National Freedom Front (NFF) to join the

Political career

In the 2004 General Elections Weerakumara contested the Puttalam Electorate from the

and was elected. On 2 April 2018, Weerakumara was appointed as the State Minister of Mahaweli Development.

Electoral history

References

Parliament profile
Living people United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Jathika Nidahas Peramuna politicians Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politicians 1971 births {{NorthWesternLK-politician-stub