Anupa Pasqual
Honorific prefixHon.
Native nameඅනුප පැස්කුවල්
அனுப பாஸ்குவல்
Parliament 1Sri Lanka
Constituency mp 1Kalutara District
Term start 120 August 2020
Term end 124 September 2024
Birth nameAnupa Pium Pasqual
Birth date17 June 1964 (age 62)
Birth placeMatugama, Ceylon
(now in Sri Lanka)
PartySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other partySri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Colombo

Anupa Pium Pasqual (born 17 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.[1]

Born in the town of Matugama, Pasqual was educated at Ananda Sastralaya, Matugama and later Royal College, Colombo.[1][2] He possesses a degree in science from the University of Colombo and was a senior environmental officer at the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka.[2] He is a member of Viyathmaga, a nationalist pro-Rajapaksa group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[2]

Pasqual contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance for the Kalutara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Anupa Pasqual
ElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceVotesResult
2020 parliamentary[4]Kalutara DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom AllianceElected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: Anupa Pium Pasqual". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. 8 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kalutara District". Ceylon Today. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 11 August 2020.