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Manusha Nanayakkara (born 24 September 1977) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister, and member of Parliament for the Galle District. He is a journalist by profession and was educated at Mahinda College, Galle.[2][3] He was appointed as the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment on the 20 May 2022.[4]

On 20 May 2022, amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests and political crisis, Nanayakkara was sworn in as the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment and officially became a member of the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe led cabinet, against the wishes of his own party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).[5] He and fellow minister Harin Fernando had subsequently been suspended from the SJB. Both ministers would later resign from their ministerial portfolios on 9 July 2022, but would again be reappointed to their same positions by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on 22 July 2022.[6] A year later, on 18 July 2023, the Working Committee of the SJB expelled Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara from the party.[7] Shortly afterwards, on 2 August 2023, Fernando and Nanayakkara were readmitted into the United National Party by the party's working committee.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka appoints nine new cabinet ministers". economynext.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ New Faces in parliament, Sunday Times
  3. ^ Our languages, our heritage- President Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Presnform
  4. ^ "Nine new Ministers sworn in amid Sri Lanka crisis". The Hindu. 20 May 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Nine more cabinet ministers sworn in".
  6. ^ "New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  7. ^ "SJB decides to expel Harin and Manusha". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  8. ^ bugsbunny (2023-08-02). "Harin and Manusha back in the UNP". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 2023-10-19.

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