Dayasiri Jayasekara is the District Leader of the SLFP for the Kurunegala District and Organizer for the Paduwasnuwara Electorate.
16 Facts About Dayasiri Jayasekara
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Dayasiri Jayasekara is known as an advocate of progressive socio-economic policy.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara previously served as Chief Minister of the North Western Province between 2013 and 2015 and as Minister of Sports between 2015 and 2018.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara served as the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party from 2019 until his suspension in 2023.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara was born in Paduwasnuwara, the ancient capital of the Paduwasnuwara Kingdom, into a family of seven.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara was educated initially at the Hettipola Primary School from 1974 to 1979.
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Completion of his Advanced Level paved the pathway for Dayasiri Jayasekara to enter the law faculty at the University of Colombo, where he graduated in 1994 with a Degree in Bachelor of Laws.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara was the founding leader of the Law Student Partnership Association in 1988.
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In 1997, Dayasiri Jayasekara entered mainstream of politics by contesting in the local government elections under the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, where he received the highest number of preferential votes and entered the Paduwasnuwera Local Authority as a Local Government Member.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara commenced his political journey as a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
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In 2012, it was widely speculated in the media that Dayasiri Jayasekara was on the edge of defecting from the UNP and join the UPFA government.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara was quick to reject these allegations as baseless, and accused Wickremesinghe of pressuring him to leave the party.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara broke the record of former president Chandrika Kumaratunge for most votes in a provincial council election in Sri Lanka, and was elected as the Chief Minister of the North Western Province on 21 September 2013.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara's elder brother Kithsiri Dayasiri Jayasekara is a well known senior artist in the Sri Lankan music industry.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara rose to prominence in reality TV show Mega Star, telecasted on Swarnavahini in 2010.
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Dayasiri Jayasekara won the runner-up award in the competition, and was highly praised by the judges and fans.