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Sri Lankan politician
Achchige Don Susil Premajayantha (born 10 January 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka .[ 1]
Premajayantha received his primary and secondary education at St. John's College, Nugegoda .[ 2] University of Colombo and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1982 and became an Attorney at Law in 1984.[ 3] Masters in Public Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura .[ 4]
Premajayantha began his political career in 1991 being elected as the Deputy Chairman of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Urban Council.[ 3] Chief Minister in 1995.[ 3] [ 4]
In 2000 he entered parliament for the first time from Gampaha District and became the Minister of Education .[ 3] People's Alliance was defeated in the 2001 general elections, Premajayantha was elected back into the Parliament from Colombo District and held his seat in subsequent elections.
With the formation of the United People's Freedom Alliance in 2004, Premajayantha was made its inaugural General Secretary of the party.[ 3] United People's Freedom Alliance won the 2004 general elections he was given the post of Minister of Power and Energy [ 5] Mahinda Rajapaksa became president, he was again appointed Minister of Education [ 6] 2010 general elections as the Minister of Petroleum Industries [ 7] Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy .[ 8]
On 25 August 2015, few days after general elections he resigned as the General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance . Few days prior to the elections he was removed from the position by the party Chairman, President Maithripala Sirisena .[ 9] Sri Lanka Freedom Party and United National Party signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a National unity government,[ 10] Minister of Technology and Research [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] Minister of Education on 20 May 2022 by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and again by President Ranil Wickramasinghe on 23 July 2022.
^ Portfolio changed names from Minister of Technology, Technical Education and Employment, on 21 September 2015, but still the same ministry
^ "Biographies of Present Members" . The Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 April 2010 .^ Herath, Mervyn; Savanadasa, Jagath (13 April 2004), "St. John's College Nugegoda - 70 years of service to the community" , Daily News (Sri Lanka) the original on 14 September 2005, retrieved 17 March 2016 ^ a b c d e Premajayantha, Susil (3 August 2015), Message from Susil Premajayantha , retrieved 17 March 2016 ^ a b "Speaker at Asia Energy Security Summit 2012" . Retrieved 17 March 2016 .^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinarythe original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinarythe original (PDF) on 17 March 2007.^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinarythe original (PDF) on 22 February 2014.^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinarythe original (PDF) on 31 May 2013.^ "Susil resigns as UPFA General Secretary" . AdaDerana . 25 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016 .^ "SLFP, UNP sign MOU on National Government" . Colombo Gazette . 21 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016 .^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary[permanent dead link ] ^ "New Cabinet" . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) ^ "The new Cabinet" . Ceylon Today the original on 7 September 2015.
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