Harini Amarasuriya

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Source: Department of Government Information, Sri Lanka

Harini Amarasuriya has been Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 24 September 2024, and was reappointed after the November 2024 parliamentary election. An anthropologist, she was a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the Open University of Sri Lanka from 2011. She was a Member of Parliament from 2020 to 2024.[3]

Country

Sri Lanka

Party

NPP[1][2]

Born

6 Mar 1970, Galle, Sri Lanka[3]

First office on record

Member of Parliament (National List), 2020

1. 24 Sept 2024 – present

   Prime Minister[1][2]

   Second Dissanayake cabinetVerified

2. 24 Sept 2024 – present

   Prime Minister; Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education[1][2]

   Second Dissanayake cabinetVerified

3. 2020 – 2024

   Member of Parliament (National List)[3]

   Sourced

• BA in Sociology, University of Delhi[3]
• MA in Applied and Development Anthropology, Macquarie University[3]
• PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh[3]

• ADAnura Kumara DissanayakePresident; Defence; Finance; Digital Economy
• VHVijitha HerathForeign Affairs
• CAChandana AbayarathnaPublic Administration
• HNHarshana NanayakkaraJustice
• SPSaroja Savithri PaulrajWomen and Child Affairs
• KLK. D. LalkanthaAgriculture
• AKAnura KarunathilakePorts and Civil Aviation; Energy
• RCRamalingam ChandrasekarFisheries
• UPUpali PannilageRural Development
• SHSunil HandunnettiIndustry
• AWAnanda WijepalaPublic Security
• BRBimal RathnayakeTransport
• HSHiniduma Sunil SeneviReligious and Cultural Affairs
• NJNalinda JayatissaHealth
• SVSamantha VidyaratnaPlantation
• SGSunil Kumara GamageYouth and Sports
• WSWasantha SamarasingheTrade
• CAChrishantha AbeysenaScience and Technology
• AFAnil Jayantha FernandoLabour
• DPDammika PatabendiEnvironment
• SRSusil RanasingheHousing