Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera (Sinhala: ගාමිණී ජයවික්රම පෙරේරා, Tamil: காமினி ஜெயவிக்கிரம பெரேரா; 29 January 1941 – 17 February 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a United National Party member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the Kurunegala District between 1994 and 2020, and had previously represented Katugampola in the National State Assembly from 1977 to 1989. Perera served many cabinet positions in various Sri Lankan governments, including being the Minister of Buddha Sasana, Minister of Wayamba Development, Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, Minister of Food Security and the Minister of Irrigation and Water Management. Perera also briefly left national politics to become the Chief Minister of the North Western Province and serve in the North Western Provincial Council. Perera helped represent Sri Lanka's interests internationally as the chairman of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, a position he was elected to in April 2016. Furthermore, he held the position of chairman of the United National Party during a significant period of his career.
The Honourable Gamini Jayawickrama Perera | |
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| Minister of Buddha Sasana | |
| In office 20 December 2018 – 21 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Udaya Gammanpila |
| Succeeded by | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| In office 25 August 2017 – 26 October 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe |
| Succeeded by | Udaya Gammanpila |
| Minister of Wayamba Development | |
| In office 20 December 2018 – 21 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | S. B. Nawinne |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife | |
| In office 4 September 2015 – 25 February 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa |
| Succeeded by | Sarath Fonseka |
| Minister of Food Security | |
| In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | P. Dayaratna |
| Succeeded by | Chamal Rajapaksa |
| Minister of Irrigation and Water Management | |
| In office 12 December 2001 – 4 November 2003 | |
| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Sarath Amunugama |
| Succeeded by | Ferial Ashraff |
| 1st Chief Minister of the North Western Province | |
| In office 4 May 1988 – 19 October 1993 | |
| Governor | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Montague Jayawickrama |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | G. M. Premachandra |
| Member of Parliament for Kurunegala District | |
| In office 25 August 1994 – 3 March 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament for Katugampola | |
| In office 22 July 1977 – 8 March 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Tikiri Banda Subasinghe |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera 29 January 1941 Kurunegala, British Ceylon |
| Died | 17 February 2024 (aged 83) Kurunegala, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse | Rohini Perera |
| Relations | Lincoln Perera (brother) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Nalanda College Colombo |
| Occupation | Politician |