Jayampathy Wickramaratne

Hon.
Jayampathy Wickramaratne
MP, PC
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Political party United National Party

Jayampathy Wickramaratne, MP, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is a national list member of the Sri Lankan Parliament.[1] A former Director of Programs of the Institute of Constitutional Studies in Colombo, he has served as a Senior Adviser to the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and was a member of the Sri Lankan Law Commission.[2][3] He entered parliament in 2015 General Election from the National List of the United National Party. He was also appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.[4] Wickramaratne the key person behind the proposed 2018 constitution of Sri Lanka.

Education

Educated at St.Sylvester's college, Kandy and St. Anthony's College and Sri Lanka Law College. He holds a PhD in Human rights and a Master of Public Administration from University of Peradeniya. Wickramaratne was appointed a President's Counsel in 2001.[5]

References

  1. ↑ UNP National List MPs Named
  2. ↑ Prospects of a constitutional settlement of ethnic conflict in post-war Sri Lanka
  3. ↑ A Political Solution to the Ethnic Conflict in Post-war Sri Lanka
  4. ↑ http://www.pmoffice.gov.lk/staff-members.php?p=3
  5. ↑ In conversation with Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne
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