Hon. Mano Wijeyeratne MP
මනෝ විජයරත්න
Minister of Enterprise Development
In office 28 January 2007 – 8 April 2010
Minister of Plantation Services
In office 1993–1994
Member of Parliament forKegalle District
In office 2004–2010
In office 1989–2001
Personal details
Born	28 July 1957 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died	29 October 2011(2011-10-29) (aged 54) Singapore
Resting place	Family Cemetery at Meeduma, Rambukkana, Sri Lanka
Party	United National Party (1989-2007) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2007-2011)
Spouse(s)	Dushyanthi Wegodapola Bharathi Wijeratne
Children	Subodhana, Varnusha, Hasitha
Parent(s)	Nissanka Wijeyeratne (father) Nita Wijeyeratne (née Dullewe) (mother)
Alma mater	Royal College, Colombo
Occupation	Politician

Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක මනෝද විජයරත්න) (28 July 1957 – 29 October 2011) (known asMano Wijeyeratne) was a former Politician, Government Minister,Coordinating Secretary to thePresident, Chairman of Road Accidents Prevention Authority , Member of United National Party andSri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for theDedigama Electorate in Kegalle District he was formerMember of Parliament fromKegalle District.^[1][2]

Wijeyeratne had also served as Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development in PresidentMahinda Rajapakse's Government^[3][4][5] and Minister of Plantation Services under PresidentD B Wijetunga's Government.

Born to a political dynasty in Sri Lanka, he was the second son ofDr Nissanka Wijeyeratne & Nita Dullewe Wijeyeratne and he had three brothers and a sister. They areNeranjan,Anuradha, Lankesh & Nishangani. Mano Wijeyeratne's father Nissanka and grandfather,Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne were prominent politicians who had become cabinet ministers.^[6] He was educated at theRoyal College, Colombo.

Mano Wijeyeratne served as Member ofParliament for 17 years and had been elected to the parliament fromKegalle District four times from the United National Party in the years1989,1994,2000 and2004.He was a member of the United National party from 1989 to 2007 before crossingover to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2007-till his death). He was a former District Leader of Kegalle District for the United National Party (2004-2007).He had also served as Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development and Plantation Services. At the time of his death he was serving as theSri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for theDedigama Electorate.

He was first married to Dushyanthi Wegodapola Daughter ofColonel Stanley Wegodapola (exADC to President of Sri Lanka) and Mrs Prema Wegodapola of RatwatteWalauwa, Ukuwela. Mano Wijeyeratne had three children, eldest sonProfessorSubodhana Wijeyeratne (BA &MA fromUniversity of Cambridge, UK. &PhD fromHarvard University, Massachusetts, USA)current he is a Professor atPurdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,^{[7][8][9][10]} Varanusha (died at an early age), and Hasitha (aBSc graduate in Diagnostic Radiography from theUniversity of Hertfordshire, UK). His second spouse was Bharathi Wijeratne.

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