Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekera (, ; 21 September 1942 – 2 April 2026) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a cabinet minister. He was also a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for five terms, from 1989 to 2010.

Life and career Wijesekara was born in Devinuwara, British Ceylon on 21 September 1942.

In 2001, Wijesekara left the President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party and joined United National Party along with few other senior ministers of the government such as S. B. Dissanayake and G. L. Peiris. He was a member of the working committee of UNP and the party organiser for Weligama. However, in 2006 UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe removed him from all of his positions in the party as a result of internal crisis against the leadership. On 2007, Wijesekara again crossed over to United People's Freedom Alliance government. He was the Telecommunications Minister in the government. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.

Wijesekara died on 2 April 2026, at the age of 83, following a prolonged illness.