Udara Rathnayake

Udara Rathnayake is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a graduate of University of Essex and University of Colombo. He won a seat on the Western Provincial Council after running for election in the Western Province Council Elections in 2014 under the United National Party.[1][2]

Education

Educated at D S Senanayake[3] and then Stafford International School, Rathnayake did his Undergraduate in the UK at the University of Essex in Business Management. Upon completing his degree he returned to Sri Lanka he completed a Masters degree in Development and Politics at the University of Colombo.

Media

Udara started his career as an actor, with many lead roles in Sinhala Teledramas, Udara also acted in movies, with the lead role in the movie Ira Handa Yata.[4] It is for this role that he was nominated for the best performance at Singapore Film Festival.[5]

Entrepreneur

Udara divides his time between acting[6] and his business.[7]

Political Career

Founding member of Sri Lanka United and currently serving as the Vice President of the United National Party-affiliated Young Professionals Association.[8] He ran for the 2014 Western Provincial Council elections under the United National Party.[9][10][11] [12] On 29 March 2014 Udara Rathnayake was elected into the Western Provincial Council of Sri Lanka.[2]

Personal Life

Udara Rathnayake is the son of veteran film director Bennett Rathnayake.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Info Sri Lanka http://www.infosrilankanews.com/2014/03/blog-post_9600.html?m=1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 "48 provincial councillors defeated.". Hiru News.
  3. ↑ "Features". Daily News Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Ira Handa Yata: A flawed jewel". Sunday times lk.
  5. ↑ "Copychat". Hiru TV.
  6. ↑ "UDARA: “I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ISSUES SUCH AS CORRUPTION!”". NewsRadio.
  7. ↑ "Udara strikes the right note". Daily News.
  8. ↑ . Derana TC http://www.tvlankaonline.com/wada-pitiya-28012014-video_de671d03f.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Celebrity politics to overwhelm the South and West". theindependentlk.
  10. ↑ "I want to stand up and expose injustice". dailymirrorlk.
  11. ↑ "Budding artiste to enter politics". Nation.lk.
  12. ↑ "New Faces in Politics". Vinsara TV.
  13. ↑ "Honorable mention at LA Film Festival". Sundaytimeslk.
  14. ↑ "Ira Handa Yata brings a message to every Sri Lankan". The Sunday Leader Lk.
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