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Hon.
Sujeewa Senasinghe
MP
සුජීව සේනසිංහ
Minister of Science,Technology and Research
In office
10 September 2015 – 21 November 2019
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Deputy Minister of Justice
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
In office
2010–2020
Personal details
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
Alma materTrinity College, Sri Lanka Law College
ProfessionAttorney-at-Law,

Sujeewa Senasinghe (Sinhala: සුජීව සේනසිංහ; born 13 December 1971) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and former politician.[1] He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the State Minister for International Trade until 2019.[2]

Early life and education

Senasinghe was born in Kandy, the son of Stanley Senasinghe, a senior lawyer in Kandy and Upamalika Senasinghe, a lecturer. He is the youngest of three brothers; his brothers are Namal and Chaminda. Sujeewa was educated at Trinity College, Kandy and at the Sri Lanka Law College.[3]

Political career

Sujeewa obtained 117,049 preferential votes from the Colombo district at the General Elections held on 17 August 2015. This was the second highest number of preferential votes obtained by a United National Party member from the Colombo district.[4][5]

He was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice on 12 January 2015 under 100 Days Program. He belongs to the United National Party.[6][7]

In 2017 he was appointed State Minister of Trade and Investment and in 2019 the Non-Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology, under Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.

On 28 September 2020, Sujeewa decided to step down from politics after the defeat in 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election and losing his seat.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Perpetual Treasuries Paid Millions To Arjuna Mahendran And Sujeewa Senasinghe". Colombo Telegraph. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  2. ^ "New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in". www.adaderana.lk.
  3. ^ "Father of Deputy Minister Senasinghe passes away". www.newsfirst.lk. June 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka - Sujeewa Senasinghe". www.parliament.lk. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. ^ "State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe addressed GSP+ Sri Lanka Business Forum in Milan". www.srilankabusiness.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  6. ^ "SUJEEWA SENASINGHE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary Elections -2010" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Sujeewa Senasinghe steps down from Politics". News First. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
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