Rohitha Bogollagama

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Rohitha Bogollagama (2007)

Chandrasekara Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama ( Sinhala රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම ; Tamil ரோகித போகோல்லாகம ; born August 6, 1954 in Nikaweratiya , Kurunegala District , Northwest Province ) is a Sri Lankan politician of the United National Party (UNP) and later the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SFLP).

Life

Bogollagama is the son of Chandrasekera Malala Banda Bogollagama, who was Chairman of the National Lottery Committee from 1966 to 1970. After attending Ananda College , which was founded in 1886, he began studying law at Sri Lanka Law College . After completing his studies, he worked as a lawyer in 1976 and later from 1985 to 1993 as legal advisor to the fertilizer manufacturer Ceylon Fertiliser Corporation . He began his political career in the United National Party (UNP), for which he was first elected Member of Parliament in the election on October 10, 2000 . There he represented the Kurunegala constituency until his defeat in the election on April 8 and 20, 2010 .

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Bogollagama Minister of Industry in its second government on December 12, 2001, and held this post until February 12, 2004. After leaving the UNP on November 18, 2004 and joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SFLP), he was appointed to the government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 18, 2004 and served as Minister for Applied Technology and National Enterprise Development until November 23, 2005. In the second government of Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake that followed, he was Minister for Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion from November 23, 2005 to January 28, 2007. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he took over from Mangala Samaraweera on January 28, 2007, the post of Foreign Minister, which he held until the end of Wickremanayake's tenure on April 23, 2010.

Since June 4, 2017, Bogollagama has succeeded Austin Fernando as Governor of the Eastern Province .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sri Lanka: January 28, 2007
  2. ^ Sri Lanka: Provinces
  3. ↑ Sri Lanka: June 4, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Bogollagama, Rohitha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bogollagama, Chandrasekara Rohitha Bandara (full name); රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම (Sinhala); ரோகித போகோல்லாகம (Tamil)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sri Lankan politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Nikaweratiya , Kurunegala District , Northwest Province