Pradeep Undugoda

Pradeep Saman Kumara Undugoda Rupasinghage (born 1971) is a Sri Lankan army officer, politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.

Pradeep Undugoda

MP
ප්‍රදීප් උඳුගොඩ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyColombo District
Member of the Western Provincial Council
In office
2009–2019
ConstituencyColombo District
Personal details
Born1971 (age 48–49)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materGeneral Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
University of Moratuwa
Military service
AllegianceSri Lanka
Branch/serviceSri Lanka Army
RankMajor
UnitSri Lanka Light Infantry

Undugoda was born in 1971.[2] He was educated at Ananda College.[2] He studied at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and has a postgraduate degree from the University of Moratuwa.[2] He is studying for a PhD degree from the National University of Malaysia.[2] He served in the Sri Lanka Light Infantry.[2]

Undugoda was a member of the Western Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Colombo District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Predeep Saman Kumara Udhugoda Rupasinghage". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. "Sarath Weerasekara tops preferential votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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