Rambukwella claims that he was introduced to politics by late Gamini Dissanayake when the UNP split under late President Ranasinghe Premadasa. Keheliya joined the Democratic United National Front (DUNF) led by Lalith Athulathmudali. Later he joined the United National Party and was elected to the Parliament from Kandy district in 2000 by winning 154,403 preferential votes. In December 2001, again he was elected to the Parliament from Kandy district. Later he crossed over to the President Mahinda Rajapakse's government.[6] Rambukwella made another attempt to cross-over in 2015, when he tried to rejoin the United National Party. But this attempt failed and he was forced to remain with the SLFP's Mahinda fraction which lost the 2015 election.
Accident and government grantedit
In February 2012, Rambukwella claimed to have "jumped"[7] from the balcony of a third-floor hotel room in Melbourne, with the intention of reaching his companion, injuring his legs.[8] After receiving a direct aid of Rs. 20 million from the President's Fund to cover his medical expenses, he swiftly recovered from the injuries.[citation needed]
Utility Debtsedit
Rambukwella is refusing to pay a sum of over Rs.1M for his domestic power bill to this day.[citation needed]
Referencesedit
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Keheliya Rambukwella news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Keheliya Rambukwella Sinhala ක හ ල ය රඹ ක ව ල ල Tamil க ஹ ல ய ரம ப க வ ல born 21 September 1954 is a Sri Lankan politician 1 who is serving as the current Minister of Environment of Sri Lanka since 23 October 2023 2 He is the former Minister of Mass Media and Information Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister of Water Supply and Drainage and Minister of Health 3 4 Hon Keheliya RambukwellaMPක හ ල ය රඹ ක ව ල ල க ஹ ல ய ரம ப க வ லMinister of EnvironmentIncumbentAssumed office 23 October 2023PresidentRanil WickremesinghePrime MinisterDinesh GunawardenaPreceded byNaseer AhamedMinister of HealthIn office 20 May 2022 23 October 2023PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil WickremesinghePrime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe Dinesh GunawardenaPreceded byChanna JayasumanaSucceeded byRamesh PathiranaIn office 16 August 2021 3 April 2022PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaPreceded byPavithra WanniarachchiSucceeded byChanna JayasumanaMinister of Water Supply and DrainageIn office 23 May 2022 19 January 2023PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterRanil WickremesinghePreceded byMohan Priyadarshana De SilvaSucceeded byJeevan ThondamanMinister of Mass MediaIn office 12 August 2020 16 August 2021PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaPreceded byBandula GunawardenaSucceeded byDullas AlahapperumaIn office 23 April 2010 12 January 2015PresidentMahinda RajapaksaPrime MinisterD M JayaratnePreceded byJeewan KumaranatungaSucceeded byGayantha KarunathilakaMinister of Foreign Employment Promotion and WelfareIn office 28 January 2007 23 April 2010PresidentMahinda RajapaksaPrime MinisterRatnasiri Wickremanayake D M JayaratnePreceded byAthauda SeneviratneSucceeded byDilan PereraState Minister of Investment PromotionsIn office 27 November 2019 12 August 2020PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaState Minister of Mass Media and Digital InfrastructureIn office 4 November 2018 15 December 2018PresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaMember of Parliamentfor Kandy DistrictIncumbentAssumed office 2000Personal detailsNationalitySri LankanPolitical partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 2021 Present Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2006 2021 United National Party Before 2006 Alma materSt Thomas College Mount LaviniaProfessionHotelier Contents 1 Early life 2 Politics 3 Accident and government grant 4 Utility Debts 5 ReferencesEarly life editRambukwella was born and raised in Kegalle Sri Lanka and received his education at St Thomas College Mount Lavinia He is a professional hotelier with a post graduate degree from the Hotel School He holds a doctorate in Defense Studies In 1979 he produced Sakvithi Suvaya which featured Gamini Fonseka 5 His son Ramith is a national cricket player Politics editRambukwella claims that he was introduced to politics by late Gamini Dissanayake when the UNP split under late President Ranasinghe Premadasa Keheliya joined the Democratic United National Front DUNF led by Lalith Athulathmudali Later he joined the United National Party and was elected to the Parliament from Kandy district in 2000 by winning 154 403 preferential votes In December 2001 again he was elected to the Parliament from Kandy district Later he crossed over to the President Mahinda Rajapakse s government 6 Rambukwella made another attempt to cross over in 2015 when he tried to rejoin the United National Party But this attempt failed and he was forced to remain with the SLFP s Mahinda fraction which lost the 2015 election Accident and government grant editIn February 2012 Rambukwella claimed to have jumped 7 from the balcony of a third floor hotel room in Melbourne with the intention of reaching his companion injuring his legs 8 After receiving a direct aid of Rs 20 million from the President s Fund to cover his medical expenses he swiftly recovered from the injuries citation needed Utility Debts editRambukwella is refusing to pay a sum of over Rs 1M for his domestic power bill to this day citation needed References edit The Parliament of Sri Lanka Directory of Members Parliament lk Archived from the original on 4 March 2012 Retrieved 24 August 2012 Cabinet reshuffle New health and environment ministers appointed Ada Derana 23 October 2023 Retrieved 23 October 2023 Eight new Cabinet ministers of all party government sworn in colombopage com 23 May 2022 Retrieved 23 July 2022 Cabinet appointed The Island 23 July 2022 Retrieved 23 July 2022 Features Online edition of Daily News Lakehouse Newspapers Dailynews lk 12 June 2010 Archived from the original on 18 February 2013 Retrieved 24 August 2012 Abeywardena Rohan 11 February 2007 Crossover not for personal gain Sundaytimes lk Retrieved 24 August 2012 Parliament of Sri Lanka 21st November 2016 Speech of Keheliya Rambukwella archived from the original on 21 December 2021 retrieved 26 September 2021 Keheliya Rambukwella injured in an accident Newsfirst lk Archived from the original on 14 February 2012 Retrieved 24 August 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Keheliya Rambukwella amp oldid 1181608294, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
