Kanchana Wijesekera

Kanchana Wijesekera (born 27 April 1982) is a Sri Lankan politician who is a member of parliament for Matara District.[1][2][3] He is the son of former Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara.[4]

Hon.
Kanchana Wijesekera
MP
කාංචන විජේසේකර
காஞ்சனா விஜேசேகரா
Minister of Power and Energy
Assumed office
18 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byPavithra Wanniarachchi[N 1]
Gamini Lokuge[N 2]
Member of Parliament
for Matara District
Assumed office
2015
Member of Southern Provincial Council
In office
2009–2014
In office
2014–2015
Personal details
Born (1982-04-27) 27 April 1982
Matara, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance
RelationsMahinda Wijesekara
EducationRoyal College Colombo
Asian International School Colombo
Alma materMonash University

He was educated at Royal College, Colombo where he completed the GCE O/L examination and represented the school in Cricket at under 15's and under 17. He sat for his A/L examinations at Asian International School in Colombo and represented the school in Cricket and Rugby at the senior level. Further studies were done at Monash University in Melbourne where he followed a Degree in Economics.

In 2008 he was elected as the youngest ever Basnayake Nilame in Sri Lanka for the sacred Sri Vishnu Dewalaya in Devinuwara. He was also elected as a member for the Southern Provincial Council in 2009 and served two terms from 2009 to 2014 and 2014 to 2015 until he was elected in to Parliament in the 2015 General election.

He has also served as the chief organiser for the SLFP in the Devinuwara electorate from 2010 to 2014.

Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Power and Energy by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.[5][6]

Notes
  1. As Minister of Power
  2. As Minister of Energy

References
  1. "General Election 2015: Full list of preferential votes". News First. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. "Family jewels on parade in new parliament". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 August 2015.
  5. "President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers". Ada Derana.lk. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  6. Krishnasai, C. "Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster". WION News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.


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