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Dissanayake graduated from the University of Peradeniya with a Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduating from the university, which merged while he was there with the University of Ceylon. [2] He then obtained an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania [ 2 ] and a Ph.D from the University of Cambridge .
Wimalaweera Dissanayake (Sinhala: විමලවීර දිසානායක) is a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament for Digamadulla District. [1] He was elected on 18 August 2015 from United People's Freedom Alliance . [ 2 ]
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Prof. K. M. de Silva – Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies [17] Prof. K. N. O. Dharmadasa – editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia [18] Prof. Gishan Dissanaike – financial economist; Adam Smith Professor of Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge; head of the Finance Department; Director of the Cambridge MPhil Programme in Finance [19] [20]
Edwin Ariyadasa; Jayasuriya Mudiyanselage Raja Sarath Bandara; Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sri Shanthi Lakshman Dissanayake; Wimal Dissanayake; Muthukuda Arrachchige Dona Shiroma Jeeva
Wimal Dissanayake and Edwin Ariyadasa later pioneered the subject of Mass Communication at the University of Kelaniya. Meanwhile, he was a member of the Jury at the Sarasaviya Awards in 1995 and Chairman of the Jury at the Sarasaviya Awards in 2002.
SLNF leader Wimal Geeganage contested the 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election and came in eighth after securing 6,639 votes (0.07%). [19] The SLNF contested the 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election in 19 of the 22 electoral districts but failed to win any seats in Parliament after securing 5,313 votes (0.07%) across the country. [20]
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on 24 November 1968 in the village of Dewahuwa, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. [ 16 ] [ unreliable source? ] [ 11 ] His father who was an agricultural worker who later joined the surveyor's department as an office aide [ 17 ] [ 18 ] and his mother was a housewife.