Upali Tissa Vitharana was born on 30 August 1934 and is a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister.
15 Facts About Tissa Vitharana
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Tissa Vitharana is the current leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and served as Governor of North Central Province from 2019 to 2020.
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Tissa Vitharana was educated at Trinity College, Kandy and Ananda College, Colombo.
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Tissa Vitharana was head of the virology department at the MRI from 1972 to 1994.
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Tissa Vitharana was a consultant virologist at the Edinburgh City Hospital's Regional Virus Laboratory in the 1980s.
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Tissa Vitharana was deputy director of the Victoria Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory in Melbourne from 1991 to 1993.
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Tissa Vitharana joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party in 1974.
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Tissa Vitharana was appointed as a UPFA National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2004 parliamentary election.
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Tissa Vitharana was appointed Minister of Science and Technology after the election.
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Tissa Vitharana was re-appointed as a UPFA National List MP following the 2010 parliamentary election.
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Tissa Vitharana lost his cabinet position after the election but shortly afterwards, in May 2010, he was appointed Minister of Technology and Research.
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Tissa Vitharana was promoted to Senior Minister of Scientific Affairs in November 2010.
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Tissa Vitharana lost his cabinet position following the 2015 presidential election.
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At the 2015 parliamentary election, Tissa Vitharana was placed on the UPFA's list of National List candidates.
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On December 4,2019, Tissa Vitharana was appointed as Governor of the North Central Province, Sri Lanka.