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Dissanayake Mudiyanse Anuradha Lanka Pradeep Jayaratne (born 22 December 1985) is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the parliamentary leader of theNew Democratic Front.[1] He is aMember of Parliament from theKandy District. Previously, he wasState Minister ofRural Irrigation and Tanks Development, and a former member of theCentral Provincial Council. He is the youngest son of the former prime ministerD. M. Jayaratne.
Educated atTrinity College, Kandy andRoyal College, Colombo, Jayaratne gained anLL.B. from theUniversity of Buckingham and completed law exams at theSri Lanka Law College taking oaths as anAttorney at law in 2010. He thereafter gained anLL.M. from theUniversity of Colombo.
After becoming a lawyer, Jayaratne went into active politics in 2010, working as aprivate secretary to his father, who was then the prime minister. In2013, he ran for a seat in theCentral Provincial Council and was successfully elected, earning the highest number of preferential votes. Despite this feat,Sarath Ekanayake was picked over Jayaratne for the post of Chief Minister.[2][3][4][5]
Jayaratne contested the2015 parliamentary elections and was elected to parliament from theKandy District. In September 2015, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment by presidentMaithripala Sirisena. In August 2016, Jayaratne was appointed Chief Organizer of theSri Lanka Freedom Party inUdudumbara.[6] He was re-elected in the2020 parliamentary elections and was appointed State Minister of Rural irrigation and tanks development.[7] Jayaratne was re-elected to parliament in2024 as a member of the New Democratic Front led by former presidentRanil Wickremesinghe, and was subsequently appointed as the parliamentary leader of the NDF.[1]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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| 2013 provincial | Kandy District | SLFP | UPFA | Elected | |||
| 2015 parliamentary | Kandy District | SLFP | UPFA | 93,567 | Elected | ||
| 2020 parliamentary | Kandy District | SLPP | SLPFA | 140,798 | Elected | ||
| 2024 parliamentary | Kandy District | PUFA | NDF | 20,749 | Elected | ||
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| North Western (24) |
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| Sabaragamuwa (20) |
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| Uva (13) |
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| Western (47) |
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