10 Facts About Piyankara Jayaratne

Unnanthi Piyankara Jayaratne, MP was born on September 27,1964 and is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Piyankara Jayaratne was educated at Royal College Colombo and gained his higher education at the National Institute of Business Management.

Piyankara Jayaratne was the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Youth Organisation and a member of the Wayamba provincial council from 1993 to 1998.

Piyankara Jayaratne was then appointed SLFP organiser for the Puttalam Electorate in 1998- a position he holds to this day.

Piyankara Jayaratne was Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture and Irrigation of the North Western Provincial Council from 1998 to 2000.

Piyankara Jayaratne was elected to parliament in the 2000 parliamentary elections, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs till 2001.

Piyankara Jayaratne was then appointed Deputy Speaker of Parliament on 8 July 2008, and held the position for three terms until 22 November 2010, through his re-election in 2010.

Piyankara Jayaratne was then given the portfolio of the Ministry of Civil Aviation under the second Mahinda Rajapakse government.

Piyankara Jayaratne was then appointed State Minister for Provincial Councils and Local Government, a position he resigned from at the end of December 2016.

Piyankara Jayaratne has been the subject of several investigations for corruption.