{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Hon. | name = Ananda Wijepala | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|si|ආනන්ද විජේපාල}}}}<br> {{nobold|{{lang|ta|ஆனந்த விஜெபாலா}}}} | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | caption =
| office = Minister of Public Security and <br /> Parliamentary Affairs | term_start = 18 November 2024 | term_end = | president = Anura Kumara Dissanayake | prime_minister = Harini Amarasuriya | deputy = | predecessor = Vijitha Herath | successor =
| constituency_MP1 = Kurunegala District | parliament1 = Sri Lanka | term_start1 = 21 November 2024 | term_end1 = | majority1 = 133,142 Preferential votes
| birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | party = National People's Power | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | website = | signature = }}
''' Ananda Wijepala''' is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament from Kurunegala Electoral District as a member of the National People's Power.<ref name="k574">{{cite web | last=Deshabandu | first=Prabashini | title=The New Prime Minister and Cabinet Officially Sworn | website=Department of Government Information Sri Lanka | date=18 November 2024 | url=https://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/37592-the-new-prime-minister-and-cabinet-officially-sworn | access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="m971">{{cite web | title=New Cabinet Sworn in Before President AKD | website=Newsfirst.lk | date=18 November 2024 | url=https://english.newsfirst.lk/2024/11/18/new-cabinet-sworn-in-before-president-akd | access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="p003">{{cite web | title=Kurunegala Preferential votes announced | website=Newswire | date=15 November 2024 | url=https://www.newswire.lk/2024/11/15/kurunegala-preferential-votes-announced/ | access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="d659">{{cite web | title=Academics, Tamils and an extremist Sinhala nationalist | website=Tamil Guardian | date=20 November 2024 | url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/academics-tamils-and-extremist-sinhala-nationalist-meet-sri-lankas-new-cabinet | access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="PoSL-AW">{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Parliament of Sri Lanka - Ananda Wijepala |url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3549 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=www.parliament.lk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
He previously served as the private secretary to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and currently serves as his chief of staff.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2024 |title=Ananda Wijepala appointed as President's Private Secretary |url=https://www.newswire.lk/2024/09/23/ananda-wijepala-appointed-as-presidents-private-secretary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926125754/https://www.newswire.lk/2024/09/23/ananda-wijepala-appointed-as-presidents-private-secretary/ |archive-date=26 September 2024 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Newswire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 December 2024 |title=Ananda Wijepala appointed President's Chief of Staff |url=https://sundaytimes.lk/online/news-online/Ananda-Wijepala-appointed-Presidents-Chief-of-Staff/2-1147658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126050423/https://sundaytimes.lk/online/news-online/Ananda-Wijepala-appointed-Presidents-Chief-of-Staff/2-1147658 |archive-date=26 January 2025 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Times Online |language=English}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka}} {{Sri Lankan law and order ministers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wijepala, Ananda}} Category:Living people Category:Members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka Category:National People's Power politicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:20th-century births