Rajapakshe Wasala Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith Bandara (born 4 November 1961) is a

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n economist, academic, politician and

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. Bandara was born on 4 November 1961. He was educated at Sirimalwatte Rajakiya Vidyalaya. He has a BA degree in

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from the

University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a Public research university, public university in Sri Lanka ...

(1990) and a MA degree in economics from the

University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = Sri Lankan rupee, LKR 1.461 1,000,000,000 (number), billion

(1992). He has a

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degree in management of natural resources and sustainable agriculture from the

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(1995) and

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in economics from the

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(2003). Bandara was a senior lecturer at the University of Colombo's Department of Economics before becoming a professor. He has been a

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to several Sri Lankan businesses. Following the 2020 parliamentary election he was appointed to 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� ...

as a

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MP representing the

Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated SLPFA; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Nidahas Podujana Sandhānaya; ta, ஶ்ரீ லங்கா ப ...

. Bandara is the author of ''The Economics of Human-Elephant Conflict''. He was a director on the National Livestock Development Board, Sri Lanka-Libya Agricultural and Livestock Development Company and Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka.

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1961 births Academic staff of the University of Colombo Alumni of the University of Colombo Alumni of the University of Peradeniya Living people Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Norwegian University of Life Sciences alumni Sinhalese academics Sinhalese politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Sri Lankan economists Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna politicians University of Queensland alumni {{SriLanka-politician-stub