Chathura Senaratne

Nambukara Helambage Chathura Sandeepa Senaratne (born 20 February 1982) (Sinhala: චතුර සේනාරත්න) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[1]

Hon.

Chathura Senaratne

MP
චතුර සේනාරත්න
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Gampaha District
In office
2015–2020
Personal details
Born (1982-02-20) 20 February 1982
Sri Lanka
Political partyUnited National Party
RelationsRajitha Senaratne (father)
Alma materAnanda College, Colombo
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

Nambukara Helambage Chathura Sandeepa Senaratne was born 20 November 1982 the son of Rajitha (a dentist and politician) and Sujatha (a dentist),[2] he received his education at Ananda College, Colombo and was admitted to the University of Colombo to study for a MBBS degree in medicine in 2004 but dropped out. He then took up politics full-time.[3]

Political career

Early career

Working with his father in his political activities in the Kalutura electorate, Senaratne served as President of the Kalutara District Development Foundation, Chief Organiser of the Rajitha Senaratne Foundation and traveled widely in Europe, Asia accompanying his father on official travels and attending study tours in the United States.[3] He became worked for the United National Party and between 2007 and 2014 for the United People's Freedom Alliance following his father's defection to the SLFP dominated UPFA government in January 2007.[4][5][6]

Presidential election 2015

He campaigned along with his father for the common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the 2015 presidential election.[7][8][9]

Parliamentary election 2015

He contested in the 2015 parliamentary election as the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) candidate in the Gampaha electorate and was elected to Parliament.[10][11]

Parlimentary Election 2020

He contested in Parlimentary Election 2020 under Samagi Jana Balawegaya for Gampaha district, but failed to elect to parliment.

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See also

References
  1. Hon. Chathura Sandeepa Senaratne, M.P.
  2. "Family jewels on parade in new parliament". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 August 2015.
  3. FY-2004 RP "STUDENT LEADERS AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 15, 2004: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION - SECOND CANDIDATE PROJECT NUMBER: E/VGN-2004-0110
  4. "UNP dissidents, SLMC join UPFA government, appointed ministers". TamilNet. 28 January 2007.
  5. "18 jumbos cross over". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  6. Chandani Kirinde and Chris Kamalendran (28 January 2007). "Crossover today, MoU ends". The Sunday Times.
  7. "Maithripala named common candidate". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 21 November 2014.
  8. Dalima, Bella (21 November 2014). "I am the common candidate: Maithripala Sirisena". News First.
  9. "Chandrika, Rajitha, Arjuna, Rajeeva, M K D S and Dumindha Dissanayaka join Maithripala". Hiru News. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2014.
  10. "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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