About Wimalaweera Dissanayake
Wimalaweera Dissanayake was a Sri Lankan politician.
Wimalaweera Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament for Digamadulla District. He was elected on 18 August 2015 from United People's Freedom Alliance. After the 2019 Presidential election, the new president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa appointed him as state minister of wildlife on 27 November 2019. He was reappointed to the same post after the cabinet stepped down in the 2022 crisis. He served from 18 April 2022 until 9 May 2022 following another mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet.
Political career He was the opposition leader of the Damana Pradeshiya Sabha (local council), Ampara.
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