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| Member of Parliament forColombo District | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2015 | |
| Majority | 82,845 Preferential Votes |
| Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution | |
| In office 21 December 2018 – 18 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs | |
| In office 10 February 2018 – 26 October 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs | |
| In office 9 September 2015 – 31 May 2017 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Member of Parliament forNational List | |
| In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-08-30)30 August 1964 (age 60) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Samagi Jana Balawegaya from 2020 |
| Other political affiliations | United National Party until 2020 |
| Relations | M. W. H. de Silva (Great Uncle)[1] |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
Harsha de Silva (Sinhala:හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා born 30 August 1964) is aSri Lankaneconomist andpolitician. He is aMember of Parliament for theColombo District and formerNon-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution;[2]State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs; andDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] He is a member ofSamagi Jana Balawegaya.
He was educated atRoyal College Colombo, earning aBS in Business Management fromTruman State University(formerly Northeast Missouri State University) in 1988. He completed hisMA andPhD in Economics at theUniversity of Missouri in 1993. He participated in an executive program on evaluating social programs at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 as an Eisenhower Fellow.[4]
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As an economist he worked for theDFCC Bank, becoming its chief economist and treasurer. He was co-founder and Joint Managing Director of The Nielsen Company.
He was placed in charge of "Economic Diplomacy" of the government and was a supporter ofeconomic liberalization and trade agreements. He is a supporter of major trade agreements and is a supporter of Sri Lanka joining theTrans Pacific Partnership.[5][6][7]
He was the main backer of the Indian-aided project to create a modernEMT and Ambulance service in Sri Lanka. When India offered a gift to Sri Lanka in order to mark Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe's visit, De Silva proposed an emergency medical service after personal experiences with shortcomings in the Sri Lankan system as well the urging of doctors. Wickremesinghe also backed it, leading India's GVK Emergency Response Institute to offer training to hundreds of Sri Lankan EMTs and Paramedics as well as donating ambulances and granting 7.5 million dollars to start the service in Colombo and Galle.[8]
He was the Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Development in the 100-day government. He became known as a media personality who hostedtalk shows relating to development and international matters. He voiced his opposition to the economic policies of the previous government.[9] He was instrumental in the formation of theSuwa Seriya Ambulance Service in 2016.[10] He was elected as the chairman of the public finance committee in parliament in 2022.
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