Mayantha Dissanayake
| Honourable Mayantha Dissanayake MP | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kandy District | |
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Assumed office 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 11, 1974 |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Front for Good Governance |
| Parents |
Gamini Dissanayake Srima Dissanayake |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake (known as Mayantha Dissanayake) (born 11 January 1974) He is Member of Parliament from Kandy District having been elected in 2015 with a vote of 111,190.[1] He was a Provincial Councillor of the Central Provincial Counci. He was SLFP organizer to Ampara District under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. 2010 he supported General Sarath Fonseka in 2010 presidential election and crossover from SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled the second highest amount of preferential votes in the Kandy district to be elected as a Councillor of the Central Provincial Council.[2][3] He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake, a Presidential candidate and a powerful minister of the United National Party from 1977 to 1994. A grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government. His brother, Navin Dissanayake is a MP for UNP from Nuwara Eliya District. He was educated at the Royal College Colombo.
Dissanayake is currently serving as the chief organizer for the Yatinuwara electorate for the United National Party.
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External links
- Members of 6th Council 2013-2018 - Central Provincial Council, Sri Lanka
- Mayantha Dissanayake - The Emerging Leader
- A‘giant’ in the making!