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Tilak Marapana | |
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| තිලක් මාරපන திலக் மரபனா | |
.jpg) Marapana in 2019 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 15 August 2017 – 22 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Preceded by | Ravi Karunanayake |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Gunawardena |
| Minister of Development Assignments | |
| In office 23 May 2017 – 22 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms | |
| In office 4 September 2015 – 9 November 2015 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Preceded by | John Amaratunga |
| Succeeded by | Sagala Ratnayaka |
| Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation | |
| In office 2002 – April 2004 | |
| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Gamini Atukorale |
| Succeeded by | Felix Perera |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 12 December 2001 – November 2003 | |
| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Succeeded by | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| 36th Attorney General of Sri Lanka | |
| In office July 1992 – 1995 | |
| President | Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva |
| Succeeded by | Shibly Aziz |
| 34th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| President | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Preceded by | S. W. B Wadugodapitiya |
| Succeeded by | Shibly Aziz |
| Member of Parliament forNational List | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| In office 2015–2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tilak Janaka Marapana August 1942 (age 83) |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse | Stella Marapana |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | 13, Pelawatta Road, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. |
| Alma mater | St Thomas' College |
Tilak Janaka MarapanaPC (born August 1942) is aSri Lankan lawyer. He was theMinister of Foreign Affairs[1] andDevelopment Assignments. He is aMember of Parliament appointed from thenational list and had served asMinister of Law and Order, Prison Reforms from September 2015 to November 2015 andMinister of Defence (2001–2003) andMinister of Transport, Highways and Aviation (2002–2004). As Minister of Defence, he was the only non Presidential or Prime Ministerial holder of the portfolio. A lawyer by profession and aPresident's Counsel, he had served as agovernment prosecutor in theAttorney General's Department for twenty six years, serving asSolicitor General andAttorney General.[2]
Marapana hails fromRatnapura,Sabaragamuwa, he is the second son of former District Judge P. Marapana and has one brother Gamini Marapana,PC. He is an alumnus ofS. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He has a degree in chemistry and maths as well as a law degree.[3]
Marapana joined theAttorney General's Department as aCrown Counsel in 1968.[3] In 1988 he was made aPresident's Counsel.[3] In 1990 he was appointed Solicitor General and thereafter was promoted to Attorney General in 1992. He retired as Attorney General in 1995, following the change of theUnited National Party Government, reverting to theUnofficial Bar.[4]
In 2000 he was appointed a Member of Parliament from thenational list by the UNP. In 2001 he was madeMinister of Defence. In 2002 he was made Minister of Transport, Highways, and Aviation in addition to the portfolio of Minister of Defence. In 2015, he was reappointed Member of Parliament from the national list and was appointed Cabinet Minister of Law and Order, Prison Reforms in September 2015.[2] He resigned from the post in November 2015 after a speech he made in Parliament regarding the legal position of the Avant Garde controversy. In May 2017, following acabinet reshuffle he was appointed Minister of Development Assignments. He was also appointed for the post ofMinister of Foreign Affairs on August 15, 2017 after the resignation ofRavi Karunanayake.[1]
Marapana is married to Stella, they have two sons, Janaka and Chamith both practicing lawyers.[2]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Development Assignments 2017–present | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Law and Order and Prison Reforms 2015–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Defence 2001–2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation 2002–2004 | Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by | Attorney General of Sri Lanka 1992–1995 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Solicitor General of Sri Lanka 1990–1992 | Succeeded by |
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