Shehan Semasinghe
Honorific prefixHon.
Native nameඅසංක ෂෙහාන් සේමසිංහ
அசங்க ஷெஹான் சேமசிங்க
OfficeMinister of State for Finance
Term start8 September 2022
AlongsideRanjith Siyambalapitiya
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Prime ministerDinesh Gunawardena
Office 1Minister of Trade
President 1Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime minister 1Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term start 118 April 2022
Term end 19 May 2022
Predecessor 1Bandula Gunawardena
Successor 1Nalin Fernando
Office 2Minister of State for Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development[a]
President 2Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime minister 2Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term start 212 August 2020
Term end 23 April 2022
Office 3Minister of State for Development Banking and Loan Schemes
President 4Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime minister 4Mahinda Rajapaksa
Term start 427 November 2019
Term end 412 August 2020
Constituency mp 5Anuradhapura District
Parliament 5Sri Lankan
Term start 52010
Birth dateNovember 13, 1976 (age 49)
PartySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other partySri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Asanka Shehan Semasinghe is a Sri Lankan Politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Anuradhapura. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.[1][2] He is currently serving as Minister of State for Finance, serving with Ranjith Siyambalapitiya since 8 September 2022.[3] Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Trade by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.[4][5] He left office on May 9 following the resignation of then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and thereby the collapse of the government.

Notes

  1. ^ Minister of State for Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development from 12 August 2020 to 25 September 2020.

References

  1. ^ "SHEHAN SEMASINGHE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Shehan Semasinghe". Manthri.lk. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ "New State Ministers sworn in". www.adaderena.lk. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. ^ Krishnasai, C. "Sri Lankan president appoints 17 cabinet ministers amid calls for govt ouster". WION News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ^ "President appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers". Ada Derana.lk. Retrieved April 18, 2022.