Lucky Jayawardena

Hon.
Lucky Jayawardena
MP
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
2015
President Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Assumed office
1994
Personal details
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party United National Party
Other political
affiliations		 United National Front for Good Governance
Spouse(s) Achala née Wijethunge
Children Madhava, Shamal
Occupation State Minister

Herath Mudiyanselage Lucky Dissanayake Jayawardhana is a Sri Lankan politician who is a member of parliament United National Party for Kandy District[1] and also a government minister.[2]

He entered politics in the 1980s as a member of the united national party. He presided over the UNP National Youth Font. He was elected from the first Provincial Council election in 1988. There he became chief whip of the government and the Council vice chairman.

In the Provincial Council election in 1993 he was re-elected to the central provincial council and was appointed Minister of Road Development, Power and energy, Housing and Construction, Transport, Sports, Youth Affair, Art and Culture, Corporative Development, Food Supply and Distribution and Rural Development. He was made the UNP Chief Organizer for Udunuwara by His Excellency President D.B.Wijethunge in 1993. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kandy District in the 1994 General election.In 2000 Hon. Lucky Jayawardena was reelected as a member of Parliament for Kandy District and after the general election in 2001 he was appointed as the minister of Lands & Deeds, He also assumed duties as the Chairman of the Kandy district Development Committee In 2004 he was announced as the Chief Minister Candidate from the united national party. From 2004 to 2009 he was the chief whip of the opposition and also the general secretary for Kandy district of united national party. Again in 2013 he was made the Chief Minister Candidate for Provincial council elections and later was appointed as the Opposition Leader in central province. After the 2015 general election he was reelected to the Sri Lanakan parliament as a member.

Hon.Jayawardena is now the chairman of the sectoral oversight committee on Health and social welfare,the chairman of Kandy district development committee and the state minister for hill country new township, infrastructure and community development.

He is married to Achala Wijethunge and together they have two sons, Madhava and Shamal Jayawardena.

Hon.Lucky Jayawardane MP

References

  1. ↑ "Seetha Devi and Christ Church hockey champions". Daily News. Sri Lanka. 15 March 2002.
  2. ↑ "Two State, five Deputy Ministers sworn in". Daily News. Sri Lanka. 13 June 2018.
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