Kanchana Wijesekera
| Honourable Kanchana Wijesekera MP | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Matara District | |
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Assumed office 2015 | |
| Member of Southern Provincial Council | |
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In office 2009–2014 | |
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In office 2014–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1982 April 27 Matara, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance, Joint Opposition |
| Relations | Mahinda Wijesekara |
| Residence | Fort, Matara |
| Alma mater | Trintiy College Kandy, Royal College Colombo, Asian International School Colombo, Monash University Melbourne |
| Religion | Budhist |
Kanchana Wijesekera (born 1982) is a Sri Lankan politician who was elected as a UPFA Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Matara District in the 2015 parliamentary election.[1][2][3]He is the son of former Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara.[4]
His primary education was at Trinity College, Kandy where he was a student till the end of grade 6 and represented the school in Athletics, Swimming and Rugby. He was then educated at Royal College, Colombo where he completed the GCE O/L examination and represented the school in Cricket at under 15's and under 17. He sat for his A/L examinations at Asian International School in Colombo and represented the school in Cricket and Rugby at the senior level. Further studies were done at Monash University in Melbourne where he followed a Degree in Economics.
In 2008 he was elected as the youngest ever Basnayake Nilame in Sri Lanka for the sacred Sri Vishnu Dewalaya in Devinuwara. He was also elected as a member for the Southern Provincial Council in 2009 and served two terms from 2009 -2014 and 2014 to 2015 until he was elected in to Parliament in the 2015 General election.
He has also served as the chief organiser for the SLFP in the Devinuwara electorate from 2010 to 2014.
References
- ↑ "General Election 2015: Full list of preferential votes". News First. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Family jewels on parade in new parliament". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 August 2015.
