Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe (born 17 November 1975) 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, former provincial minister and
Member of Parliament.
Weerasinghe was born on 17 November 1975.
He was educated at
St. Thomas' College, Matara.
He is a member of the
Communist Party of Sri Lanka
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, ''Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya'' ta, இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, trans ...
.
Weerasinghe was a member of Kotagala Divisional Council and the
Southern Provincial Council
The Southern Province ( si, දකුණු පළාත ''Dakuṇu Paḷāta'', ta, தென் மாகாணம் ''Theṉ Mākāṇam'') of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of t ...
where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.
He was dismissed from his ministerial position in September 2017 for voting against the proposed 20th amendment to the
Constitution of Sri Lanka. He contested the
2020 parliamentary election as a
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated SLPFA; si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Nidahas Podujana Sandhānaya; ta, ஶ்ரீ லங்கா ப ...
electoral alliance candidate in
Monaragala District and was elected to the
Parliament of Sri Lanka.
References
1975 births
Alumni of St. Thomas' College, Matara
Communist Party of Sri Lanka politicians
Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka
Living people
Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the Southern Province Board of Ministers
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance politicians
United People's Freedom Alliance politicians
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