Rohitha Abeygunawardena
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Pahalage Rohitha Piyatissa Abeygunawardena (රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන) (born 21 September 1966) is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Nation Building. He is a representative of Kalutara District for the
United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக ...
in the
Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
. On 27 November 2019, he was appointed as Minister for Energy On 12 August 2020, he was appointed as the minister of ports and shipping.


Education

Rohitha Abeygunawardena was educated at Gnanodaya Vidyalaya, Kalutara.


Early career

He was the driver of minister Ediriweera Premarathna and taking his trust to build his political career. Daughter of Ediriweera even stated to an article the first time to get the driving job, he came in a bicycle.


Investigations

Abeygunawardena was questioned in September 2008 on allegations of undeclared assets estimated at more than Rs. 450 million. The two officers who were conducting the investigation were later transferred out of the Bribery commission. The Commission of Bribery and Corruption filed a case against Abeygunawardena on 8 January 2016 over undeclared and illegally earned assets worth over Rs 41.1 million. The Director General of the Bribery Commission alleged that the minister made 66 unlawful monetary transactions, constructed a house and purchased a jeep.


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