Navin Dissanayake

Hon. Navin Dissanayake MP
Dissanayake in May 2017
Governor of Sabaragamuwa
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2023
President	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister	Dinesh Gunawardena
Preceded by	Tikiri Kobbekaduwa
Minister of Plantation Industries
In office 4 September 2015 – 21 November 2019
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Lakshman Kiriella
Minister of Sports
In office 19 January 2015 – 4 September 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Mahindananda Aluthgamage
Succeeded by	Dayasiri Jayasekara
Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District
In office 2000–2020
Personal details
Born	(1969-09-09) September 9, 1969 (age 54)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party (2000-2007,2014-Present) United People's Freedom Alliance (2007-2014)
Spouse(s)	Lanka Dissanayake (née Jayasuriya)
Relations	Mayantha (brother) Varuni (sister)
Children	Mahita and Samadhee
Parent(s)	Gamini Dissanayake Srima Dissanayake
Alma mater	University of London Institute in Paris
Profession	Lawyer

Navin Eranjan Dissanayake (born 9 September 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician, and former Minister of Plantation Industries.^[1] A former Member of Parliament for United National Party Nuwara Eliya District, he is a son of Gamini Dissanayake a presidential candidate and grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Mayantha Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Kandy District. He was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and Royal College Colombo.

He is an Attorney-at-law in the Sri Lanka, and he holds a master's degree in Finance and Financial Law from University of London. Hon Navin Dissanayake graduated from the University of Sussex in Law and was called to the Bar in the United Kingdom as a Barrister at Law from the Middle temple.

Dissanayake is married to Dr. Lanka Jayasuriya, daughter of Karu Jayasuriya, who holds a position in the World Health Organization, Sri Lanka as a National Professional Officer and they have two daughters Samdhee and Mahita.

See also

• List of political families in Sri Lanka

References

External links

• Biographies of Member of Parliament
• Right Royal rally of old Royalists in the Sri Lanka Parliament
• My first and last love"