Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka (born 31 August 1971) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n politician and the former Chief Minister of

Uva Province Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two dis ...

. Dassanayake was first elected to Uva Provincial Council at the 1994 provincial council elections, he served in a number of positions, including as the Provincial Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. At the

2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament. The United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) won 106 se ...

Dasanayaka was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla electorate, as a member of 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� ...

. He however resigned from parliament to take up the role of Uva Chief Minister, after the position was vacated by the incumbent,

Harin Fernando Harin Fernando, Member of Parliament, MP (born 28 October 1978) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Cabinet Ministry of Tourism and Lands, Minister of Tourism and Lands He is also a current member of the Sri Lanka Parliament from Natio ...

, who was also elected to parliament at the 2015 parliamentary elections representing Badulla. In January 2018 Dissanyake stood down from his position as Provincial Education Minister whilst an investigation by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka was being undertaken. The investigation related to an incident were Dissanyake allegedly demeaned a local school principal. In April he was controversially re-instated back as the Education Minister by the Governor of Uva Province Marappullige Jayasinghe. At the 16th parliamentary elections, held on 5 August 2020, Dassanayake ran again for a seat from the Badulla electorate, representing the

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna The Sri Lanka People's Front ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Podujana Peramuna; ta, இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி, translit=Ilaṅkai Potujaṉa Mu� ...

(SLPP). He polled 66,393 votes and was one of six SLPP members to be elected.

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Living people 1971 births Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Chief Ministers of Uva Province {{UvaLK-politician-stub