1. Sir Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena was born on 3 September 1986 and is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North East Hampshire from 2015 until 2024.
15 Facts About Ranil Jayawardena
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Ranil Jayawardena served under Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022.
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Ranil Jayawardena previously served under Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2022.
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Ranil Jayawardena was born on 3 September 1986 in London.
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Ranil Jayawardena worked on a voluntary basis in the office of North East Hampshire MP James Arbuthnot.
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Ranil Jayawardena served as a councillor on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council from 2008 to 2015.
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Ranil Jayawardena invested in "community safety patrollers" to target anti-social behaviour and littering and provided half an hour free parking in "short stay car parks in Top of the Town".
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In January 2018, Ranil Jayawardena was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to the ministerial team at the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Ranil Jayawardena was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice in September 2018, but resigned from this post in November 2018 in protest at the government's proposed Brexit deal.
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Ranil Jayawardena explained his vote as supporting parents' rights to choose their children's education.
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Ranil Jayawardena is considered a close ally of Truss, and was one her earliest supporters during the 2022 leadership election.
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Ranil Jayawardena was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council on 13 September 2022 following his appointment.
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Ranil Jayawardena was knighted in the 2025 New Year Honours for "political and public service".
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Ranil Jayawardena has been married to Alison, a solicitor, since 2011.
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Ranil Jayawardena's wife worked part-time as a Senior Researcher for his parliamentary office.