1. Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene was born on 4 August 1975 and is a Sri Lankan politician and currently the Senior advisor to president Ranil Wickremesinghe on Climate change.
11 Facts About Ruwan Wijewardene
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Ruwan Wijewardene was the former State Minister of Defence and former Mass Media non-cabinet Minister.
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Ruwan Wijewardene was a former Member of Parliament for Gampaha District.
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Ruwan Wijewardene was appointed as the acting minister of defence few times after 2019.
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Ruwan Wijewardene is a nephew of the first executive president JR Jayewardene of Sri Lanka and the cousin of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the current President of Sri Lanka.
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Ruwan Wijewardene completed his primary and secondary education at St Thomas' Preparatory School.
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Ruwan Wijewardene then pursued further studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, where he earned a BA in Political science.
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Ruwan Wijewardene contested the Western Provincial elections in 2009 and was a member of the Western Provincial Council until 2010.
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Ruwan Wijewardene stood for parliamentary elections 2010 and secured the highest number of preference votes from Gampaha District.
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Ruwan Wijewardene lost his seat in parliament in 2020 general elections.
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Ruwan Wijewardene was elected as deputy leader of the UNP on 14 September 2020 and he is tipped to be the next Leader of the United National Party.