Asanka_Shehan_Semasinghe

Asanka Shehan Semasinghe

Asanka Shehan Semasinghe

Sri Lankan politician

Asanka Shehan Semasinghe is a Sri Lankan Politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Anuradhapura. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[1][2] He is currently serving as Minister of State for Finance, serving with Ranjith Siyambalapitiya since 8 September 2022.[3] Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Trade by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.[4][5] He left office on May 9 following the resignation of then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and thereby the collapse of the government.

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  1. Minister of State for Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development from 12 August 2020 to 25 September 2020.

References

  1. [1]
    "SHEHAN SEMASINGHE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Shehan Semasinghe". Manthri.lk. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "New State Ministers sworn in". www.adaderena.lk. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. [4]
    Krishnasai, C. "Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster". WION News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    "President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers". Ada Derana.lk. Retrieved April 18, 2022.


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