Prasanna Ranatunga

Prasanna Ranatunga is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Western Province, Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance.[1] He is the brother of former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga.[2][3][4][5] Ranatunga entered parliament in 2015 from Gampaha District as an opposition member. Ranatunga received a vote count of 384,448 in the 2015 parliamentary elections

Hon.

Prasanna Ranatunga

MP
Minister of Industrial Exports & Investment Promotions, Tourism & Aviation
Assumed office
21 November 2019
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Gampaha District
Assumed office
1 September 2015
Majority384,448 Preferential Votes
7th Chief Minister of Western Province
In office
4 May 2009 – 1 September 2015
Preceded byReginald Cooray
Succeeded byIsura Devapriya
Personal details
BornSri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Spouse(s)Maureen
RelationsReggie (father)
Arjuna (brother)
Nishantha (brother)
Dammika (brother)
Sanjeeva (brother)
Ruwan (brother)
ChildrenArchana, Pavithra, Udara
Alma materAnanda College

See also

References
  1. Western Province Chief Ministers
  2. Prasanna - New Chief Minister of WP
  3. Western Province council
  4. UPFA confident of victory at LG Polls - Prasanna Ranatunga
  5. Western Province Prasaana Ranatunga Archived 17 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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