Chamara Sampath Dassanayake

Hon.
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake
MP
චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක
சாமர சம்பத் தசநாயக்க
6th Chief Minister of Uva Province
In office
15 September 2015 – 09 October 2019
Preceded byHarin Fernando
Member of Parliament
for Badulla
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 August 2020
Personal details
Born (1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 53)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance

Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka (born 31 August 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and the former Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.[1]

Dassanayake was first elected to Uva Provincial Council at the 1994 provincial council elections, he served in a number of positions, including as the Provincial Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. At the 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Dasanayaka was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla electorate, as a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance.[2][3] He however resigned from parliament to take up the role of Uva Chief Minister, after the position was vacated by the incumbent, Harin Fernando, who was also elected to parliament at the 2015 parliamentary elections representing Badulla.[4][5][6]

In January 2018 Dissanyake stood down from his position as Provincial Education Minister whilst an investigation by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka was being undertaken.[7] The investigation related to an incident were Dissanyake allegedly demeaned a local school principal.[8] In April he was controversially re-instated back as the Education Minister by the Governor of Uva Province Marappullige Jayasinghe.[9]

At the 16th parliamentary elections, held on 5 August 2020, Dassanayake ran again for a seat from the Badulla electorate, representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). He polled 66,393 votes and was one of six SLPP members to be elected.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake, M.P." Directory of Past members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Chamara Sampath Dassanayake new Uva CM". Nation. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Chamara Sampath Dassanayake sworn in as Uva CM". adaderana.lk. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Chief Minister of Uva Province sworn in before the President". Lankasri News. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Uva CM steps down as Education Minister". The Daily Mirror. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Outcry over Uva Chief Minister forcing Tamil school principal to kneel before him". Tamil Guardian. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ^ Chrishanthi, Christopher (22 April 2018). "Teachers up in arms:Chief culprit in principal humiliation handed portfolio despite inquiry". Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  10. ^ "District Results - Badulla - General Election 2020". adaderana.lk. August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. ^ "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Badulla District". Ceylon Today. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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