Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the Governor of the North Western Province and as the Governors of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka . A former representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka , he served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs, Minister of Media, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare, deputy minister of civil aviation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He was the state minister for State Enterprise Development in the government of President Maithripala Sirisena . He has been in parliament from 1994 and 2019.
3-451: Abeywardena is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born 1955), Sri Lankan politician Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (born 1945), Sri Lankan politician Vajira Abeywardena (born 1960), Sri Lankan politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Abeywardena . If an internal link intending to refer to
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9-802: Was born in 1955 to a political family in Matara District, in Southern Province , where his father held local and provincial leadership positions. He was educated at St. Servatius College, Matara and Mahinda College , Galle . Abeywardana has been a proponent of various micro-level development programs to enable the people to improve their quality of life. He is the Chairman of the Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana Foundation. Abeywardana resides in Colombo . He
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