18 Facts About Ravi Karunanayake

Ravindra Sandresh Karunanayake was born on 19 February 1963 and is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.

Ravi Karunanayake served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 2017 to August 2017, Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2017, and Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs from 2001 to 2004 and Cabinet Minister of Power and Energy from December 2018 to November 2019.

Ravindra Sandresh Karunanayake was born on 19 February 1963, the son of Tissa Anuruddha Mahanama Karunanayake and Carmaleka "Carmi" nee Dissanayake, daughter of former Deputy Inspector General of Police Cyril Dissanayake.

Ravi Karunanayake's father was a planter, who died when he was 12 years old.

Ravi Karunanayake became a management accountant and worked for Delmege Group before starting his own freight forwarding businesses.

Between 1988 and 1989, Ravi Karunanayake worked with Lalith Athulathmudali, a distant relative; in Athulathmudali's election campaign for his parliamentary seat in the Colombo District for the 1989 general elections.

Ravi Karunanayake was appointed to parliament from one of these national list seats.

Ravi Karunanayake was more disposed toward the UNP, and as a result Srimani fired him from the DUNF-Lalith Front.

Ravi Karunanayake won the 'Young Politician of the Year' awarded by the Jaycees Colombo in the year 2000.

In May 2017 Ravi Karunanayake was removed from the post of Finance Minister and appointed as Minister of Foreign Affrairs with the Ministerial subject of the Lotteries Board by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Ravi Karunanayake resigned from the post of Minister of Foreign Affrairs on 10 August 2017.

Ravi Karunanayake was summoned to testify before the Commission, and stated that he had no knowledge of how his rent was paid.

Ravi Karunanayake resigned from the post of Minister of Foreign Affrairs on 10 August 2017.

In October 2017, Anika Wijesuriya, who testified against Ravi Karunanayake, had left Sri Lanka following threats to her life.

In January 2018, a Special Committee of the United National Party, headed by Tilak Marapana, recommended that Ravi Karunanayake should be removed from his post as Assistant Leader of the party.

Ravi Karunanayake resigned following the election of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in November 2019.

Ravi Karunanayake contested the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election from the United National Party from Colombo, but failed to secure a seat in parliament following the break away of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the landslide victory of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

Ravi Karunanayake is married to Mela and has three daughters Onella, Shenella and Minella.