Pallewatta Gamaralalage Kumarasinghe Sirisena (born 18 February 1962), sometimes known as P. G. Kumarasinghe, is a

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n business executive and former Group

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. He is the younger brother of the former

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Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (; ; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the seventh president of Sri Lanka from 9 January 2015 to 18 November 2019. Sirisena is Sri Lanka's first president from the North Central Province, S ...

. Sirisena served as general manager of the Sri Lankan State Timber CorporationMinister Sirisena's mother passes away
, at the '' Daily News''; published September 5, 2013; retrieved February 24, 2015 from 2005 until November 2014, with his position being terminated after the beginning of his brother's presidential campaign. Subsequent to his brother's electoral victory, Sirisena was appointed the chairman of

— an appointment which the ''

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'' called "controversial", while conceding that Sirisena has the requisite education and professional experience for the position. ''

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'' later revealed that the President had appointed Sirisena despite the objections of

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Ranil Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe (; ; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. He has also served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1993–1994, 2001–2004, 2015–2018, 2018-2019 a ...

and several members of his

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. Sirisena was also his brother's coordinating secretary in 2005, when his brother served as Leader of the House in the

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Education

Sirisena received his secondary education at Bandaranayake College Gampaha. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the

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and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from

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References

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