Vincent Perera

Vincent Perera

10th Chief Government Whip
In office 18 February 1989 – 7 April 1993
President	J. R. Jayewardene Ranasinghe Premadasa
Succeeded by	Wimal Wickremasinghe
In office 23 July 1987 – 15 February 1989
President	J. R. Jayewardene
In office 7 September 1978 – 6 July 1987
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Kiri Banda Ratnayake
12th Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)
In office 1989–1990
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Preceded by	Nissanka Wijeyeratne
Succeeded by	Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Minister of Environment
In office ? – ?
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
2nd Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka)
In office 23 July 1977 – 1988
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Preceded by	Kiri Banda Ratnayake
Succeeded by	Nanda Mathew
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 23 July 1977 – ?
President	J. R. Jayewardene
Mayor of Colombo
In office 1970–1973
Preceded by	Jabir A. Cader
Succeeded by	A. H. M. Fowzie
In office 1965–1966
Preceded by	V. A. Sugathadasa
Succeeded by	Jabir A. Cader
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo
In office 1989–1994
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo North
In office 1977–1989
Preceded by	V. A. Sugathadasa
Succeeded by	Electoral District Abolished
Personal details
Born	21 September 1918
Political party	United National Party
Occupation	Clerk
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Mathew Vincent Perera (born 21 September 1918) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He served in multiple cabinet positions and government posts. Perera was also Mayor of Colombo twice.^[1]^[2]

Perera was one the wounded in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament.^[3]

References

↑ Wagista, Kumaradasa. "Century of caring for Colombo". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
↑ "Threat to Criminal Justice from hasty legislation". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 30 December 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
↑ "Sinhalese Terrorists Blamed for Sri Lanka Parliament Attack". latimes.com. 19 August 1987. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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Political offices
Preceded by Kiri Banda Ratnayake	Chief Government Whip 1978–1993	Succeeded by Wimal Wickremasinghe
Preceded by Nissanka Wijeyeratne	Minister of Justice 1989–1990	Succeeded by Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Preceded by ?	Minister of Environment ?–?	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Kiri Banda Ratnayake	Minister of Sports 1977–1988	Succeeded by Nanda Mathew
Preceded by ?	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 1977–?	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Jabir A. Cader	Mayor of Colombo 1970–1973	Succeeded by A. H. M. Fowzie
Preceded by V. A. Sugathadasa	Mayor of Colombo 1965–1966	Succeeded by Jabir A. Cader

Justice ministers of Sri Lanka

Rajapakse Wikramanayake de Silva Jayawickrema Cooray Fernando Wijemanne Bandaranaike Wickremanayake Devanayagam Wijeyeratne Perera Hameed Herath Peiris Lokubandara Dodangoda Moragoda Seneviratne Hakeem Rajapakshe

Sports Ministers of Sri Lanka

Ratnayake Perera Mathew S. Dissanayake Samaraweera Kiriella Fernando Kumaranatunga Lokuge Rathnayake Aluthgamage N. Dissanayake Jayasekara

Parliamentary Affairs Ministers of Sri Lanka

Ratnayake Perera Wickramasinghe Wickremanayake Fernandopulle Dissanayake Sirisena Azwer Fernando Mohamed Warnapala Mohamed Jayasena

Chief Government Whip

Gunawardena Goonesinghe Kannangara Moonesinghe Weerasekera Suriarachchi Siriwardena Jayewardene Ratnayake Perera Wickramasinghe Pathirana Ranatunga Samarasinghe Fernandopulle Gunawardena Karunathilaka

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