Hon. Jagath Pushpakumara | |
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| ජගත් පුෂ්පකුමාර ஜகத் புஷ்பகுமாரா | |
| Member of Parliament forMonaragala District | |
| In office 1994–2000 | |
| In office 2001–2015 | |
| In office 2020–2024 | |
| Deputy Minister of Livestock Development and Estate Infrastructure | |
| In office 1997–1999 | |
| Deputy Minister Mahaweli Development | |
| In office 1999–2000 | |
| Deputy Minister Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation | |
| In office 2004–2006 | |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Non-Cabinet Minister of Rural Livelihood Development & Social Services and Welfare | |
| In office 2006–2007 | |
| Non-Cabinet Minister of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development | |
| In office 2007–2010 | |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010 | |
| Minister of Coconut Development and Janatha Estate Development | |
| In office 22 November 2010 – 9 January 2015 | |
| Deputy Minister of Planatation Industries | |
| In office 22 March 2015 – 17 August 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-04-03)3 April 1963 (age 62) |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | No 34A, Ashoka circle, Subhuthipura, Battaramulla |
| Alma mater | Bandarawela Central College S.Thomas' College |
| Profession | Politician |
Arukathu Patabendige Jagath Pushpakumara, commonly known asJagath Pushpakumara (Sinhala:ජගත් පුෂ්පකුමාර), is aSri Lankan politician andMember of Parliament.[1][2][3]
In 1993, Pushpakumara started his political career as the Wellawaya Electoral Organizer forSri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). Then he became a Date[clarification needed] Central Committee Member from 2010 to the present. During that same time, he worked as the SLFP Deputy Secretary from February 2015 to 2018. Apart from them, he was an active member of several committees including; the Committee on Public Enterprises, Committee on Public Petitions and Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour.[1] In the second government under President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Pushpakumara was appointed as the Minister of Coconut Development.[4][5]
On 28 December 2015, Pushpakumara arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry Into Large-scale Corruption and Fraud.[6][7][8][9] In 2016, he was investigated for allegedly using over Rs.5 million rupees of government money to buy land under his wife's name. That same year, his official residence in Wijerama Mawatha was damaged by an electrical fire.[10] In 2020, he made a controversial statement at a public election rally that there was a conspiracy to assassinate him.[11][12]
Pushpakumara contested the2020 parliamentary election as aSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate in Monaragala District and was elected to theParliament of Sri Lanka, finishing the fourth among the SLPP candidates.[13][14] On 22 February 2022, he was appointed as the new Chairman of the Committee on Public Petitions for the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament.[15] In May 2022, it is reported that SLFP representativesNimal Siripala de Silva,Mahinda Amaraweera,Duminda Dissanayake, Jagath Pushpakumara andLasantha Alagiyawanna have decided to go beyond the party decision and take over the ministries of the new government underRanil Wickramasinghe.[16]
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| 1994 parliamentary | Monaragala District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | People's Alliance | 21,100 | Elected | ||
| 2001 parliamentary | Monaragala District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | People's Alliance | 32,754 | Elected | ||
| 2004 parliamentary | Monaragala District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | United People's Freedom Alliance | 52,887 | Elected | ||
| 2010 parliamentary | Monaragala District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | United People's Freedom Alliance | 67,903 | Elected | ||
| 2020 parliamentary | Monaragala District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 66,176 | Elected | ||
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