Nimal Siripala de Silva

Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP (born 6 September 1944) is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation[1] and former Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was the former Leader of the Opposition, former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and former Leader of the House.[2]

Nimal Siripala de Silva
MP
නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා
நிமல் சிறிபால டி சில்வா
Silva at Indian Ocean Conference in Dhaka (2023)
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation
Assumed office
20 May 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Prime MinisterRanil Wickramasinghe
Dinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byPramitha Tennakoon
Minister of Labour
In office
12 August 2020 – 18 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byDullas Alahapperuma
Succeeded byVidura Wickremanayake
In office
4 September 2015 – 26 October 2018
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byRanjith Maddumabandara
Succeeded byArjuna Ranatunga
Minister of Justice
In office
22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded byThalatha Atukorale
Succeeded byAli Sabry
13th Leader of the Opposition
In office
16 January 2015 – 26 June 2015
PresidentMaithripala Sirisena
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byRanil Wickremesinghe
Succeeded byR. Sampanthan
Member of Parliament
for Badulla District
Assumed office
2000
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District
In office
1989–2000
Personal details
Born (1944-09-06) 6 September 1944
Badulla, British Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
(2019 – Present)
United People's Freedom Alliance
(2004 – 2019)
People's Alliance
(1994 – 2004)
Alma materNalanda College, Colombo
OccupationPolitics
ProfessionProctor

He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District.

Early life and education

De Silva born to a family of teachers in Badulla. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo where he was a member of the college debating team. He entered Colombo Law College in 1966 and qualified as a proctor in 1971.[3][4]

Early career

Having started his legal practice in 1971, de Silva was active in politics from his student years, having started the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Law Students Association. He supported the Sirima Bandaranaike in a campaign in the 1970 general election. He went to the United Kingdom in 1975, and qualified as a solicitor. He return to Ceylon over land in 1978, and assisted Bandaranaike in her defense in the Special Presidential Commission was appointed by President J. R. Jayawardene to investigate allegations against Bandaranaike for abuses of power during her tenure as Prime Minister.[3]

Political career

He entered parliament in 1989 having been elected from the Colombo Electoral District in the 1989 general election and was re-elected from Colombo till 2000, when he was elected from Badulla Electoral District and had been re-elected consecutively till the present. He is the Assembly President of the World Health Organization.

Assassination attempt

On 4 July 1996 De Silva escaped with injuries in an attempted assassination by a LTTE female suicide bomber at the Stanley Road in Jaffna. This incident took place minutes after the Minister declared open a branch of Building Materials Corporation (BMC) in Jaffna. Brigadier Ananda Hamangoda (Jaffna Sector Commander), Ranjith Godamuna (Chairman, Lanka Cement) and 21 others were killed with more than 50 injured in the explosion.[5]

See also

References
  1. New Cabinet: Nimal Siripala de Silva appointed Minister of Labour
  2. Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva is a member of the biggest thieves gang in Sri lanka, M.P
  3. "COVER STORY - JULY 2013". Business Today. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. Always With The Party
  5. Wasantha Siriwardena (7 July 1996). "Thursdays blast in Jaffna". The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

Sources


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