Thalatha Atukorale

Hon.
Thalatha Atukorale
MP
Hon. Thalatha Atukorale MP
තලතා අතුකෝරල; தலதா அத்துக்கோரல
	Atukorale in 2012
Minister of Justice
	In office; 25 August 2017 – 22 November 2019
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
Succeeded by	Nimal Siripala de Silva
Minister Prison Reforms
	In office; 1 May 2018 – 22 November 2019
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	D.M. Swaminathan
Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare
	In office; 12 January 2015 – 25 February 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Dilan Perera
Succeeded by	Harin Fernando
Member of Parliament; for Ratnapura District
	In office; 2004 – 21 August 2024
Personal details
Born	30 May 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Other political; affiliations	United National Front
Profession	Attorney-at-Law

Thalatha Atukorale (born 30 May 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017, becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka.^[1] She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale, former minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.

Atukorale came into active politics in 2004, after the death of her brother Gamini, a former cabinet minister and assistant leader of the United National Party. She was elected to the parliament at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 elections from Rathnapura district.

Atukorale announced her resignation as a member of Parliament of Sri Lanka on 21 August 2024, in a parliamentary address that included scathing critique of her party’s Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa.^[2]

References

"THALATHA ATUKORALE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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^ "Thalatha and Gamini sworn in to Wijeyadasa's portfolios".
^ "Thalatha thrashes Sajith before quitting party, Parliament". Daily FT. 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

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[1] "Thalatha and Gamini sworn in to Wijeyadasa's portfolios".

[2] "Thalatha thrashes Sajith before quitting party, Parliament". Daily FT. 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

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