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Lucky Jayawardana | |
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.jpg) Jayawardena in 2015 | |
| Member of Parliament forKandy District | |
| In office 1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| In office 25 August 1994 – 7 February 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (1955) |
| Died | (aged 70) Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse | Achala née Wijethunge |
| Children | Two |
| Occupation | Politician |
Lucky Dissanayake Jayawardena (1955 – 8 January 2025) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a member of parliament of theUnited National Party from theKandy District from 1994 to 2004 and from 2015 to 2020.[1] He also served as the minister of city planning, water supply and higher education.[2]
Jayawardena started his political career from by running in the 1988 provincial council elections. Following the election, he was elected Chief Government Whip and later the vice chairman of theCentral Provincial Council. He was re-elected to the council in 1993, and was appointed the Minister of Road Development, Power and Energy, Housing and Construction, Transport, Sports, Youth Affairs, Art and Culture, Corporative Development, Food Supply and Distribution and Rural Development. In the meantime, he was appointed as Chief Organizer of theUnited National Party in the Udunuwara electorate PresidentD. B. Wijetunga.
Jayawardena was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Kandy District in1994. Jayawardena's party, the UNP, became the main opposition in the election. Jayawardena was re-elected in2000. Parliament was dissolved within a year and Jayawardena was able to resecure his parliamentary seat in2001 and was subsequently appointed the minister of Land & Deeds.[citation needed] Meanwhile, he also acted as the Chairman of the Kandy District Development Committee.[citation needed] In 2004, he contested as the chief ministerial candidate[which?] of the UNP.
From 2004 to 2009, he served as the Chief Opposition Whip and as the General Secretary for Kandy District of the United National Party. In 2013, he was the chief ministerial candidate for the provincial council elections of that year and after the election, he was appointed as Opposition Leader of the Central Province. After the2015 parliamentary election, he was reelected to the Sri Lankan parliament. Jayawardena was later appointed a state minister. He also chaired the sectoral oversight committee on Health and Social Qelfare. In addition, he was the chairman of the Kandy district development committee. He previously served as the state minister for hill country new township, infrastructure and community development, and in 2018, he was appointed the state minister of city planning and water supply.
Jayawardena was married to Achala Wijethunge and together they had two sons. On 8 January 2025, he died at the age of 70.[3][4]
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