Prasanna Ranatunga

Prasanna Ranatunga is a Sri Lankan politician, member of parliament, and current Minister of Public Security and Tourism. He was also appointed as the Chief Government Whip on the 18th of April 2022.[1][2] He was the 7th Chief Minister of Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Hon.
Prasanna Ranatunga
MP
ප්‍රසන්න රණතුංග
பிரசன்ன ரணதுங்கா
Minister of Tourism
Assumed office
12 August 2020
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byJohn Amaratunga
Chief Government Whip
Assumed office
18 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byJohnston Fernando
Minister of Public Security
Assumed office
18 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded bySarath Weerasekara
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
Assumed office
1 September 2015
Majority316,544 Preferential Votes
7th Chief Minister of Western Province
In office
4 May 2009 – 1 September 2015
Preceded byReginald Cooray
Succeeded byIsura Devapriya
Personal details
Born1 January 1967
Sri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Spouse(s)Maureen
RelationsReggie (father)
Arjuna (brother)
Nishantha (brother)
Dammika (brother)
Sanjeeva (brother)
Ruwan (brother)
ChildrenArchana, Pavithra, Udara
Alma materAsoka College/ Ananda College

He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and part of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[3] He is the brother of former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga.[4][5][6][7] Ranatunga entered parliament in 2015 from Gampaha District as an opposition member. Ranatunga received a vote count of 384,448 in the 2015 parliamentary elections

See also

References
  1. "Prasanna Ranatunga assumes duties as Chief Government Whip". Colombo Gazette. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. "Minister Ranatunga new Chief Government Whip". The Island. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. Western Province Chief Ministers
  4. Prasanna - New Chief Minister of WP
  5. Western Province council
  6. UPFA confident of victory at LG Polls - Prasanna Ranatunga
  7. Western Province Prasaana Ranatunga Archived 17 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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