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Sagala Ratnayaka
National Organsier for the United National Party
In Office
Assumed office
July 2022
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President on National Security
In office
28 July 2022 – 23 September 2024
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development
In office
11 November 2015 – 25 February 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byTilak Marapana
Succeeded byRanil Wickramasinghe
Minister Youth Affairs and Southern Development
In office
25 February 2018 – November 2019
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byRanil Wickramasinghe
Member of Parliament
for Matara District
In office
26 June 2015 – 3 March 2020
In office
10 October 2000 – 09 February 2010
Personal details
Born (1968-02-27) 27 February 1968 (age 56)
Deniyaya
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
Residence(s)06/01, 28th Lane,
Off Flower Road,
Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
Alma materRoyal College Colombo
Lewis & Clark College
ProfessionAgriculturalist
Websitehttps://sagala.lk

Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka (born 27 February 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the National Organiser for United National Party in Sri Lanka he had been serving as the chief of staff to the President of Sri Lanka and National Security Advisor from 2022 to 2024. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (2015-2018); Youth Affairs and Southern Development (2019-2019); Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Matara District.

Early life and education

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Ratnayaka was born to a political family from Deniyaya, where his uncle Victor Ratnayake, MBE was a notable legislator. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo, where he became the Head Prefect. He proceeded to study in the United States and graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's degree in business administration studies in 1993.[1]

Early career

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After graduating he worked as a financial analyst at Central Finance Company and joined HSBC Sri Lanka going on to become a credit operations manager.[1]

Political career

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He entered politics in 1999, having been elected as a member of the Southern Provincial Council. In 2000, he was elected to parliament from the Matara District. He served as Deputy Minister of Power and Energy from 2002 to 2004. Having been re-elected in 2010 and 2015. From January 2015 to September 2015 he served as the chief of staff to the prime minister until he was elected to parliament in 2015 and appointed as a Cabinet minister of Law and Order in the Good Governance Government.[2][3] He served as a Cabinet minister till 2019 when he resigned from his portfolio, serving as an opposition member of parliament till 2020. In July 2022, he was appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as his chief of staff and senior adviser to the president on national security.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b New deputy minister has strong business background
  2. ^ Prime Minister's Chief of Staff
  3. ^ Sagala and Swaminathan take oath for new portfolios
  4. ^ Abeyasinghe, Shiromi. "Sagala Ratnayaka appointed President's Chief of Staff". Daily News. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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