Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (born 10 October 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor. He is the current Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament.[1]
He first entered parliament in 1983 as the HakmanaUnited National Party and has been active in politics for more than 30 years.[2]
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena was a young MP when he openly criticised the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord for a new provincial councils system to be established in Sri Lanka. He along with Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena, the member for Kamburupitiya voted against the bill in Parliament becoming the only two government members who voted against it. He was later removed by the then President J. R. Jayewardene from his Parliamentary seat for violation of the party rules by not voting for the bill.
He later joined hands with Gamini Dissanayake and Lalith Athulathmudali (who were also against the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord) as they too quit United National Party and formed the Democratic United National Front or aka 'Rajaliya-front'. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena then contested for Southern Provincial Council under DUNF and won. He was then elected as the opposition leader of the Southern Provincial Council in 1993, and he became the Chief Minister of the Southern Provincial Council in 1994. Elected twice as the Chief Minister he was in office from 1994 to 2001. He is said to be one of the most successful Chief Ministers from the south for developing the infrastructures that were neglected for more than 5 years due to the dark era of the country.
He left office to contest in the 2001 general elections and become an opposition MP and served until 2004. After the 2004 General elections, he became the Deputy Minister of Healthcare and later the Cabinet Minister for Cultural Affairs & National Heritage. After the 2010 General Elections, he was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture. Having been in office as the Minister of Agriculture for several years he was elected Vice Chairman at the 38th session of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FAO Conference held in Rome, Italy in 2013.[3] He was again appointed as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in 2015 for a brief period until he resigned and joined the opposition.
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Parliament 1 Hon Mahinda Yapa AbeywardanaMPමහ න ද ය ප අබ වර ධන மக ந த ய ப ப அப வர தன21st Speaker of the ParliamentIncumbentAssumed office 20 August 2020DeputyRanjith Siyambalapitiya Ajith RajapaksePreceded byKaru JayasuriyaMinister of Parliamentary AffairsIn office February 2015 May 2015Preceded bySumedha JayasenaSucceeded byLakshman Yapa AbeywardenaMinister of AgricultureIn office 2010 12 January 2015Preceded byMaithripala SirisenaSucceeded byDuminda DissanayakeMinister of Cultural AffairsIn office 2005 2010Preceded byVijitha HerathDeputy Minister of Healthcare amp NutritionIn office 2004 2005Preceded bySajith PremadasaChief Minister of Southern ProvinceIn office 1994 2001Preceded byAmarasiri DodangodaSucceeded byH G SirisenaMember of Parliamentfor Matara DistrictIncumbentAssumed office 2001Personal detailsBorn 1945 10 10 10 October 1945 age 77 Beragama Matara Colony of Ceylon now Sri Lanka Political partySri Lanka Podujana PeramunaOther politicalaffiliationsSri Lanka People s Freedom Alliance United National PartyChildren5Alma materUniversity of Colombo Rahula College Matara Thelijjawila Central CollegeOccupationLanded ProprietorProfessionPolitician Contents 1 Political career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPolitical career EditHe first entered parliament in 1983 as the Hakmana United National Party and has been active in politics for more than 30 years 2 Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena was a young MP when he openly criticised the 1987 Indo Sri Lanka Accord for a new provincial councils system to be established in Sri Lanka He along with Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena the member for Kamburupitiya voted against the bill in Parliament becoming the only two government members who voted against it He was later removed by the then President J R Jayewardene from his Parliamentary seat for violation of the party rules by not voting for the bill He later joined hands with Gamini Dissanayake and Lalith Athulathmudali who were also against the Indo Sri Lanka Accord as they too quit United National Party and formed the Democratic United National Front or aka Rajaliya front Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena then contested for Southern Provincial Council under DUNF and won He was then elected as the opposition leader of the Southern Provincial Council in 1993 and he became the Chief Minister of the Southern Provincial Council in 1994 Elected twice as the Chief Minister he was in office from 1994 to 2001 He is said to be one of the most successful Chief Ministers from the south for developing the infrastructures that were neglected for more than 5 years due to the dark era of the country He left office to contest in the 2001 general elections and become an opposition MP and served until 2004 After the 2004 General elections he became the Deputy Minister of Healthcare and later the Cabinet Minister for Cultural Affairs amp National Heritage After the 2010 General Elections he was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture Having been in office as the Minister of Agriculture for several years he was elected Vice Chairman at the 38th session of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FAO Conference held in Rome Italy in 2013 3 He was again appointed as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in 2015 for a brief period until he resigned and joined the opposition He is a representative of Matara District for the United People s Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka He resides in Kalubowila Dehiwala See also EditCabinet of Sri LankaReferences Edit New Speaker of Parliament appointed Daily News Retrieved 2020 08 20 LBO 2020 08 20 Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena unanimously elected as Speaker of ninth Parliament Lanka Business Online Retrieved 2020 08 20 Minister Mahinda Yapa elected Vice Chairman of FAO archive2 english news lk Archived from the original on 2021 11 30 Retrieved 2020 08 20 External links EditParliament of Sri Lanka profilePolitical officesPreceded byKaru Jayasuriya Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka2020 Present IncumbentLines of successionPreceded byRanil Wickremesinghe Sri Lankan presidential line of succession2nd in line LastOrder of precedencePreceded byRanil Wickremesingheas Prime Minister Order of precedence of Sri Lankaas Speaker of the Parliament Succeeded byJayantha Jayasuriyaas Chief Justice This article about a politician from Southern Province Sri Lanka is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena amp oldid 1141994269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
