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Hon.
sagala Ratnayaka
Minister Youth Affairs and Southern Development
In office
25 February 2018 – November 2019
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byRanil Wickramasinghe
Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development
In office
11 November 2015 – 25 February 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byTilak Marapana
Succeeded byRanil Wickramasinghe
Member of Parliament
for Matara District
In office
2015–2019
In office
2000–2010
Personal details
Born (1968-02-27) 27 February 1968 (age 55)
Deniyaya
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
SpouseRanil Wickremesinghe
Residence(s)06/01, 28th Lane,
Off Flower Road,
Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
Alma materRoyal College Colombo
Lewis & Clark College
ProfessionAgriculturalist
Websitehttps://twitter.com/sagalaratnayaka

Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka (born 27 February 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician who has been serving as the chief of staff to the president of Sri Lanka and National Security Advisor since 2022. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (2015-2018); Youth Affairs and Southern Development (2019-2019); Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Matara District.

Early life and education

Ratnayaka was born to a political family from Deniyaya, where his uncle Victor Ratnayake, MBE was a notable legislator. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo, where he became the Head Prefect. He proceeded to study in the United States and graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's degree in business administration studies in 1993.[1]

Early career

After graduating he worked as a financial analyst at Central Finance Company and joined HSBC Sri Lanka going on to become a credit operations manager.[1]

Political career

He entered politics in 1999, having been elected as a member of the Southern Provincial Council. In 2000, he was elected to parliament from the Matara District. He served as Deputy Minister of Power and Energy from 2002 to 2004. Having been re-elected in 2010 and 2015. From January 2015 to September 2015 he served as the chief of staff to the prime minister until he was elected to parliament in 2015 and appointed as a Cabinet minister of Law and Order in the Good Governance Government.[2][3] He served as a Cabinet minister till 2019 when he resigned from his portfolio, serving as an opposition member of parliament till 2020. In July 2022, he was appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as his chief of staff and senior adviser to the president on national security.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b New deputy minister has strong business background
  2. ^ Prime Minister's Chief of Staff
  3. ^ Sagala and Swaminathan take oath for new portfolios
  4. ^ Abeyasinghe, Shiromi. "Sagala Ratnayaka appointed President's Chief of Staff". Daily News. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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