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Weerasumana Weerasinghe
Sri Lankan politician
Gamage Haththotuwa Weerasumana Weerasinghe (born 17 November 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]
Weerasinghe was born on 17 November 1975.[1] He was educated at St. Thomas' College, Matara.[2] He is a member of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.[3][4]
Weerasinghe was a member of Kotagala Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He was dismissed from his ministerial position in September 2017 for voting against the proposed 20th amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.[5][6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Monaragala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7][8][9]