Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne


Anuradha Neelendra Dullewe Wijeyeratne is a Sri Lankan politician and entrepreneur, having been a former Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council and former member of the United National Party National Executive Committee. He has served as the acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy on several occasions for three decades appointed by the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs with recommendation from Mahanayaka Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters of Siam Nikaya.

Early life

He was born on 22 March 1962 in Anuradhapura to a prominent political family who had been in active politics in the country for eight decades since 1931. Anuradha is the third son of Nissanka Wijeyeratne and Nita née Dullewe and has three brothers and a sister. They are Neranjan, Mano, Lankesh and Nishangani. His father Nissanka and grandfather, Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne were prominent politicians who had become cabinet ministers. Wijeyeratne was educated at Royal College, Colombo, before moving to Kingswood College, Kandy and later D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo.
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Political career

Wijeyeratne entered active politics in 1984 from United National Party's Samavadhi Student Union and also served as member of the United National Party National Executive Committee. Later he contested the Provincial Council elections in 1988 and was elected to the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council. He had also served as the Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Higher Education & coordinating secretary to the Ministry of Justice. He was a member of Sri Lanka Government Delegation to the UNESCO 1979 Regional Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, member of the Sri Lankan Government Delegation in 1983 for the Commonwealth Sri Lanka festival held in London, member of the Government Delegation for the 1983 International Peace Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, a member of the Sri Lanka Government Delegation to UNESCO 1985 General Conference in Sofia, member of Sri Lanka Government Delegation to UNESCO 1987 General Conference in Paris, France and member of Sri Lanka Government Delegation to 1993 Asia Local government Conference in Kyoto, Japan. Wijeyeratne had also served as the Chairman of Dedigama Electorate Development Planning Committee.

Family

He is married to Dayanganie née Gunasekara, daughter of Tudor Gunasekara and Chandra née Perera. Anuradha and Dayanganie have one daughter, Dr Yanushi Dullewe Wijeyeratne, a Cardiologist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.