Mayantha Dissanayake

Hon.
Mayantha Dissanayake
MP
Hon. Mayantha Dissanayake MP
මයන්ත දිසානායක ; மயந்த திஸாநாயக்க
	Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake
Member of Parliament; for National List
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 August 2020
Member of Parliament; for Kandy District
	In office; 1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020
Majority	111,190
Personal details
Born	January 11, 1974 (age 50)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Relations	Navin (brother) ; Varuni (sister)
Parent(s)	Gamini Dissanayake ; Srima Dissanayake
Alma mater	Royal College, Colombo

Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake (born 11 January 1974) is a Member of Parliament from Kandy District.^[1] He was a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Council. He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. 2010 he supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest number of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.^[2]^[3] He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake, a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A 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, Navin Dissanayake is an MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.

Dissanayake is currently serving as the chief organizer for the Yatinuwara electorate for the United National Party.

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v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Kandy
Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989) Current District: Kandy Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1989)	George E. de Silva Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne Tamara Ilangaratne Edward Senanayake E. Hendrick de Silva Piyasena Tennakoon Edward Senanayake
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Dingiri Banda Wijetunga D. M. Jayaratne Anura Daniel Mahavithanaarachchige (Until 1989) Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille Tissa Attanayake Premachandra Wijesiri Mahinda Abeykoon Yasaratne Tennakoon Lakshman Kiriella (1994 – 2000): Gamini Dissanayake (Until 1994) D. M. Jayaratne Anuruddha Ratwatte Lucky Jayawardena A. R. M. Abdul Cader Wilson Kuruppuarachchi Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Tissa Attanayake Lakshman Kiriella Sarath Amunugama Ediriweera Weerawardhana Irajarathnan Sivasamy (2000 – 2001): Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte D. M. Jayaratne Tissa Attanayake Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama A. R. M. Abdul Cader Lakshman Kiriella M. H. A. Haleem Lucky Jayawardena Ediriweera Weerawrdena Rauff Hakeem (2001 – 2004): Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte Tissa Attanayake Sarath Amunugama M. H. A. Haleem Rauff Hakeem Lakshman Kiriella Srimathi Manthilake Thilina Bandara Tennakoon Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lucky Jayawardena Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon (2004 – 2010): Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Keheliya Rambukwella Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lakshman Kiriella Y. M. Nawaratna Banda Sarath Amunugama M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero (2010 – 2015): Mahindananda Aluthgamage Keheliya Rambukwella S. B. Dissanayake Lohan Ratwatte A. R. M. Abdul Cader Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Rauff Hakeem Lakshman Kiriella M. H. A. Haleem Dilum Amunugama Faiszer Musthapha Sarath Amunugama (2015 – Present): Lakshman Kiriella Lohan Ratwatte Mahindananda Aluthgamage Mayantha Dissanayake Dilum Amunugama Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Anuradha Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Keheliya Rambukwella M. Velu Kumar Ananda Aluthgamage

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