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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">Hon.</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Charitha Herath</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">චරිත හේරත් <br /> சறித ஹேரத்</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charitha_Herath3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Charitha_Herath3.jpg/250px-Charitha_Herath3.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Charitha_Herath3.jpg/375px-Charitha_Herath3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Charitha_Herath3.jpg/500px-Charitha_Herath3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1411" data-file-height="1258" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Ex Member of Parliament from National List</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2020–2024</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-09-09</span>) </span>9 September 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Sri Lankan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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Kelaniya">University of Kelaniya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Academic" class="mw-redirect" title="Academic">Academic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Charitha Herath's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png/110px-Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png/164px-Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png/219px-Professor_Charitha_Herath%27s_signature.png 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Professor of Philosophy at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Peradeniya" title="University of Peradeniya">University of Peradeniya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His appointment was valid from 21 June 2019. Chair Professorship of Philosophy at Peradeniya has been one of the well established academic position. He is the former <a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary" title="Permanent secretary">Permanent secretary</a> of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in Sri Lanka and former chairman of the Central Environment Authority.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herath's academic interests are mainly based on Contemporary Analytical Philosophy and his research focused on Later Wittgenstein's Philosophy and the Environmental Ethics. He was the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya from 2016 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charitha_Herath&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charitha Herath was heading some of the important public institutions in the country. He was appointed as the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Media, Information and Digital Infrastructures in two occasions, (2012–2015) and (2017). Prior to that position, he was appointed to the Central Environmental Authority, which is the principal environmental regulatory agency, as the Chairman (2010–2013). </p><p>Herath holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy with a minor in Psychology from the University of Peradeniya and a Post Graduate Degree in Social and Political Psychology from <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a>, Athens, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> in USA. In 1998 he completed a Master's Diploma at the <a href="/wiki/Sichuan_Union_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Sichuan Union University">Sichuan Union University</a>, in Chengdu, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. He has completed his Doctoral Degree in Environmental Philosophy at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kelaniya" title="University of Kelaniya">University of Kelaniya</a>. The topic of his Doctoral thesis was A Philosophical Analysis on the Concept of Conservation in the field of Environmental Ethics- The Case of Environmental Impact Assessments in Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herath was appointed as the chairman of the Central Environment Authority in May 2010 and served until 12 July 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information from 2013 to 2015 and 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charitha_Herath&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Nuthana Kumaraya<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Vibhawa Thanha<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charitha_Herath&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_Permanent_Secretaries" title="List of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries">List of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charitha_Herath&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Charitha-Herath-as-COPE-Chairman/108-196397">Charitha Herath as COPE Chairman</a>. 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href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a>/<a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a> (25)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Electoral_District" title="Kandy Electoral District">Kandy</a> (12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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Chandrasena">S. M. Chandrasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channa_Jayasumana" title="Channa Jayasumana">Channa Jayasumana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uddika_Premarathna" title="Uddika Premarathna">Uddika Premarathna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Chandrasiri_Muthukumarana" title="Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana">S.C. Muthukumarana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanka_Shehan_Semasinghe" title="Asanka Shehan Semasinghe">Asanka Shehan Semasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Dissanayake" title="Duminda Dissanayake">Duminda Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._H._Nandasena" title="K. H. Nandasena">K. H. Nandasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._S._Kumarasiri" title="K. P. S. Kumarasiri">K. P. S. Kumarasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishak_Rahuman" title="Ishak Rahuman">Ishak Rahuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Bandara" title="Rohana Bandara">Rohana Bandara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_Electoral_District" title="Polonnaruwa Electoral District">Polonnaruwa</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Ranasinghe" title="Roshan Ranasinghe">Roshan Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siripala_Gamalath" title="Siripala Gamalath">Siripala Gamalath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarakeerthi_Athukorala" title="Amarakeerthi Athukorala">Amarakeerthi Athukorala</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Samarawickrama" title="Jagath Samarawickrama">Jagath Samarawickrama</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kins_Nelson" title="Kins Nelson">Kins Nelson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a> (24)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Fernando" title="Johnston Fernando">Johnston Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunapala_Rathnasekara" title="Gunapala Rathnasekara">Gunapala Rathnasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanka_Navarathna" class="mw-redirect" title="Asanka Navarathna">Asanka Navarathna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanpriya_Herath" title="Samanpriya Herath">Samanpriya Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Herath" title="D. B. Herath">D. B. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadharshana_Yapa" title="Anura Priyadharshana Yapa">Anura Priyadharshana Yapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayarathna_Herath" title="Jayarathna Herath">Jayarathna Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._W._Shantha_Bandara" title="K. W. Shantha Bandara">Shantha Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumith_Udukumbura" title="Sumith Udukumbura">Sumith Udukumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Bandara" title="Nalin Bandara">Nalin Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._Alawathuwala" title="J. C. Alawathuwala">J. C. Alawathuwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Abeysinghe" title="Ashoka Abeysinghe">Ashoka Abeysinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thushara_Indunil" title="Thushara Indunil">Thushara Indunil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Puttalam_Electoral_District" title="Puttalam Electoral District">Puttalam</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanath_Nishantha" title="Sanath Nishantha">Sanath Nishantha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Priyankara" title="Jagath Priyankara">Jagath Priyankara</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyankara_Jayaratne" title="Piyankara Jayaratne">Piyankara Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundika_Fernando" title="Arundika Fernando">Arundika Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinthaka_Mayadunne" title="Chinthaka Mayadunne">Chinthaka Mayadunne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Priyantha" title="Ashoka Priyantha">Ashoka Priyantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Appuhamy" title="Hector Appuhamy">Hector Appuhamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Nanayakkara" class="mw-redirect" title="Niroshan Nanayakkara">Niroshan Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Perera" title="Niroshan Perera">Niroshan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sabri_Raheem" title="Ali Sabri Raheem">Ali Sabri Raheem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a> (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kegalle_Electoral_District" title="Kegalle Electoral District">Kegalle</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanaka_Herath" title="Kanaka Herath">Kanaka Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_Siyambalapitiya" title="Ranjith Siyambalapitiya">Ranjith Siyambalapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharaka_Balasuriya" title="Tharaka Balasuriya">Tharaka Balasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajika_Wickramasinghe" title="Rajika Wickramasinghe">Rajika Wickramasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dushmantha_Mithrapala" title="Dushmantha Mithrapala">Dushmantha Mithrapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayakantha_Gunathilaka" title="Udayakantha Gunathilaka">Udayakantha Gunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudath_Manjula" title="Sudath Manjula">Sudath Manjula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabir_Hashim" title="Kabir Hashim">Kabir Hashim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujith_Sanjaya_Perera" title="Sujith Sanjaya Perera">Sujith Sanjaya Perera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_Electoral_District" title="Ratnapura Electoral District">Ratnapura</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pavithra_Devi_Wanniarachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi">Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premalal_Jayasekara" title="Premalal Jayasekara">Premalal Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Wakkumbura" title="Janaka Wakkumbura">Janaka Wakkumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Waleboda" title="Gamini Waleboda">Gamini Waleboda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akila_Ellawala" title="Akila Ellawala">Akila Ellawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muditha_Prishanthi" title="Muditha Prishanthi">Muditha Prishanthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Seneviratne" title="John Seneviratne">John Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesha_Withanage" title="Hesha Withanage">Hesha Withanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyantha_Liyanage" title="Priyantha Liyanage">Priyantha Liyanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalatha_Atukorale" title="Thalatha Atukorale">Thalatha Atukorale</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karu_Paranawithana" title="Karu Paranawithana">Karu Paranawithana</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a> (25)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Galle_Electoral_District" title="Galle Electoral District">Galle</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pathirana" title="Ramesh Pathirana">Ramesh Pathirana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaminda_Sampath" title="Chaminda Sampath">Chaminda Sampath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Priyadarshana_De_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva">Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandima_Weerakkody" title="Chandima Weerakkody">Chandima Weerakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isuru_Dodangoda" title="Isuru Dodangoda">Isuru Dodangoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shan_Wijayalal_De_Silva" title="Shan Wijayalal De Silva">Shan Wijayalal De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geetha_Kumarasinghe" title="Geetha Kumarasinghe">Geetha Kumarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayantha_Karunathilaka" title="Gayantha Karunathilaka">Gayantha Karunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manusha_Nanayakkara" title="Manusha Nanayakkara">Manusha Nanayakkara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Lal_Bandarigoda" title="Bandula Lal Bandarigoda">Bandula Lal Bandarigoda</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_Electoral_District" title="Hambantota Electoral District">Hambantota</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Chanaka" title="D. V. Chanaka">D. V. Chanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upul_Galappaththi" title="Upul Galappaththi">Upul Galappaththi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Rajapakse" title="Ajith Rajapakse">Ajith Rajapakse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Matara_Electoral_District" title="Matara Electoral District">Matara</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nipuna_Ranawaka" title="Nipuna Ranawaka">Nipuna Ranawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunadasa_Kodithuwakku" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunadasa Kodithuwakku">Karunadasa Kodithuwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchana_Wijesekera" title="Kanchana Wijesekera">Kanchana Wijesekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerasumana_Weerasinghe" title="Weerasumana Weerasinghe">Weerasumana Weerasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhika_Pathirana" title="Buddhika Pathirana">Buddhika Pathirana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Badulla_Electoral_District" title="Badulla Electoral District">Badulla</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshana_Denipitiya" title="Sudarshana Denipitiya">Sudarshana Denipitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amith_Thenuka_Vidanagamage" title="Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage">Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamara_Sampath_Dassanayake" title="Chamara Sampath Dassanayake">Chamara Sampath Dassanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilan_Perera" title="Dilan Perera">Dilan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Thisa_Kuttiarachchi" title="Janaka Thisa Kuttiarachchi">Chaminda Thisakutti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadivel_Suresh" title="Vadivel Suresh">Vadivel Suresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Aravind_Kumar" title="A. Aravind Kumar">A. Aravind Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaminda_Wijesiri" title="Chaminda Wijesiri">Chaminda Wijesiri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nayana_Wasalathilake" title="Nayana Wasalathilake">Nayana Wasalathilake</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monaragala_Electoral_District" title="Monaragala Electoral District">Monaragala</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shasheendra_Rajapaksa" title="Shasheendra Rajapaksa">Shasheendra Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarasiri_Rathnayake" title="Kumarasiri Rathnayake">Kumarasiri Rathnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Berugoda" title="Vijitha Berugoda">Vijitha Berugoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Pushpakumara" title="Jagath Pushpakumara">Jagath Pushpakumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayashan_Nawananda" title="Gayashan Nawananda">Gayashan Nawananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._H._M._Dharmasena" title="W. H. M. Dharmasena">W. H. M. Dharmasena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a> (47)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a> (19)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Weerasekara" title="Sarath Weerasekara">Sarath Weerasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Predeep_Saman_Kumara" class="mw-redirect" title="Predeep Saman Kumara">Predeep Saman Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhura_Withanage" title="Madhura Withanage">Madhura Withanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premnath_C._Dolawaththa" title="Premnath C. Dolawaththa">Premnath C. Dolawaththa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Kumara" title="Jagath Kumara">Jagath Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patali_Champika_Ranawaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Patali Champika Ranawaka">Patali Champika Ranawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Ganeshan" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Ganeshan">M. 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