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Nimal Siripala de Silva | |
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| නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා நிமல் சிறிபால டி சில்வா | |
 Silva at Indian Ocean Conference in Dhaka (2023) | |
| 7th Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |
| Assumed office 2024 Disputed | |
| Preceded by | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation | |
| In office 20 May 2022 – 23 September 2024 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickramasinghe |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickramasinghe Dinesh Gunawardena |
| Preceded by | Pramitha Tennakoon |
| Succeeded by | Vijitha Herath |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 12 August 2020 – 18 April 2022 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Dullas Alahapperuma |
| Succeeded by | Vidura Wickremanayake |
| In office 4 September 2015 – 26 October 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Ranjith Maddumabandara |
| Succeeded by | Arjuna Ranatunga |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 22 November 2019 – 12 August 2020 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Preceded by | Thalatha Atukorale |
| Succeeded by | Ali Sabry |
| 13thLeader of the Opposition | |
| In office 16 January 2015 – 26 June 2015 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Succeeded by | R. Sampanthan |
| Leader of the House | |
| In office 09 August 2005 – 20 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Succeeded by | Lakshman Kiriella |
| Member of Parliament forBadulla District | |
| In office 2000–2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forColombo District | |
| In office 1989–2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-09-06)6 September 1944 (age 81) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019 –Present) United People's Freedom Alliance (2004 – 2019) People's Alliance (1994 – 2004) |
| Alma mater | Nalanda College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Profession | Proctor |
Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva (born 6 September 1944) is a Sri Lankan politician who held a number of senior cabinet portfolios. He currently serves as thedisputedchairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1] He served as theLeader of the Opposition for a few months in 2015, and has served in several other ministerial posts: he is the former Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in15th Parliament of Sri Lanka, former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, theMinister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation[2] and formerLeader of the House.[3]
De Silva was born to a family of teachers inBadulla. He was educated atNalanda College, Colombo where he was a member of the college debating team. He enteredColombo Law College in 1966 and qualified as aproctor in 1971.[4][5]
Having started his legal practice in 1971, de Silva was active in politics from his student years, having started the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Law Students Association. He supportedSirimavo Bandaranaike in her campaign in the1970 general election. He travelled to theUnited Kingdom in 1975 and qualified as asolicitor. He returned to Sri Lanka in 1978, and assisted Bandaranaike in her defense against theSpecial Presidential Commission appointed by PresidentJ. R. Jayawardene to investigate allegations against Bandaranaike for abuses of power during her tenure as Prime Minister.[4]
He entered parliament in 1989 having been elected from theColombo Electoral District in the1989 general election and was re-elected from Colombo till 2000, when he was elected fromBadulla Electoral District and had been re-elected consecutively till 2024. He was the Assembly President of theWorld Health Organization.
On 4 July 1996, De Silva escaped with injuries in an attempted assassination by aLTTE female suicide bomber at the Stanley Road inJaffna. This incident took place minutes after the Minister declared open a branch of Building Materials Corporation (BMC) in Jaffna. BrigadierAnanda Hamangoda (Jaffna Sector Commander), Ranjith Godamuna (Chairman, Lanka Cement) and 21 others were killed with more than 50 injured in the explosion.[6]
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