Tilak Marapana

The Honourable
Tilak Marapana
MP, PC
Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms
In office
4 September 2015 – 9 November 2015
President Maithripala Sirisena
Preceded by John Amaratunga
Succeeded by Sagala Ratnayaka
Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation
In office
2002 – April 2004
President Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by Gamini Atukorale
Minister of Defence
In office
12 December 2001 – November 2003
President Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by Chandrika Kumaratunga
Succeeded by Chandrika Kumaratunga
36th Attorney General of Sri Lanka
In office
July 1992 – 1995
President Ranasinghe Premadasa
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva
Succeeded by Shibly Aziz
34th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
In office
1990–1992
President Ranasinghe Premadasa
Preceded by S. W. B Wadugodapitiya
Succeeded by Shibly Aziz
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
In office
2001–2005
Personal details
Political party United National Party
Spouse(s) Stella Marapana
Children Janaka Marapana
Chamith Marapana
Residence Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa
Alma mater St Thomas' College

Tilak Janaka Marapana, MP, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament appointed from the national list. He was a former Cabinet Minister of Law and Order, Prison Reforms serving from September 2015 to November 2015 and was the former Minister of Defence and Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation. He previously served as the Solicitor General and Attorney General.[1]

Early life and education

Marapana hails from Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa, he is the second son of former District Judge P. Marapana and has one brother Gamini Marapana, PC. He is an alumnus of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He has a degree in Chemistry and Maths as well as a Law Degree.[2]

Marapana joined the Attorney General's Department as a Crown Counsel in 1968.[2] In 1988 he was made a President's Counsel.[2] In 1990 he was appointed Solicitor General and was appointed Attorney General in 1992. He retired as Attorney General in 1994, following the change of the United National Party Government, reverting to the Unofficial Bar.[3]

Political career

In 2000 he was appointed as a Member of Parliament from the national list by the UNP. In 2001 he was made Minister of Defence. In 2002 he was made Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation in addition to the portfolio of Minister of Defence. In 2015, he was reappointed as Member of Parliament from the national list and was appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law and Order, Prison Reforms in September 2015.[1] He resigned from the post in November 2015 following the Avant Garde controversy.

Family

Marapana is married to his wife Stella, they have two sons, Janaka and Chamith both practicing lawyers.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Malalasekera, Sarath. "Another 'gem' new Defence Minister". Daily News. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Another 'gem' new Defence Minister
  3. ↑ Wimalasurendre, Cyril. "Cases against Diyawadane Nilame stayed". the island.lk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
John Amaratunga		 Law and Order and Prison Reforms
2015 		Succeeded by
Sagala Ratnayaka
Preceded by
Chandrika Kumaratunga		 Minister of Defence
2001–2003 		Succeeded by
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by
Gamini Atukorale		 Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation
2002–2004 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva		 Attorney General of Sri Lanka
1992–1995 		Succeeded by
Shibly Aziz
Preceded by
S. W. B Wadugodapitiya		 Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
1990–1992 		Succeeded by
Shibly Aziz


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