S. B. Dissanayake

S. B. Dissanayake
සුමනවීර බණ්ඩා දිසානායක
சுமனவீர பண்டா திசாநாயக்க
Minister of Industry
Assumed office
3 March 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Rural and Economic Affairs
In office
4 September 2015 – 12 April 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
2015–2020
Member of Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
2020
In office
2010–2015
Personal details
Born (1951-09-18) 18 September 1951 (age 72)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party
United National Party
SpouseThamara née Samarakoon
ChildrenNarada, Tharaka
Residence(s)Madanwala, Hanguranketha,
Sri Lanka.
Alma materUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
OccupationPolitics

Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sumanaweera Banda Dissanayake, MP (born 18 September 1951) (known as S. B. Dissanayake) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the former Cabinet Minister of Higher Education in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He was the former general secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former national organiser of the United National Party. Dissanayake lost his cabinet position after Rajapaksha was defeated at the 2015 presidential election in Sri Lanka.

He was appointed as Minister of Industry by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.


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