Chandima Weerakkody

{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}}

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| honorific-prefix = Hon.

| name = Chandima Weerakkody

| native_name = චන්දිම වීරක්කොඩි
சந்திமா வீரக்கொடி

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| office1 = Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training

| president1 = Maithripala Sirisena

| primeminister1 = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| predecessor1 = Mahinda Samarasinghe

| successor1 = Vacant

| term_start1 = 21 May 2015

| term_end1 = 12 April 2018

| office2 = Minister of Petroleum Resources Development

| president2 = Maithripala Sirisena

| primeminister2 = Ranil Wickremesinghe

| predecessor2 = Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

| successor2 = Arjuna Ranatunga

| term_start2 = 4 September 2015

| term_end2 = 21 May 2017

| office3 = Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

| predecessor3 = Piyankara Jayaratne

| successor3 = Thilanga Sumathipala

| term_start3 = 23 November 2010

| term_end3 = 26 June 2015

| constituency_MP4 = Galle District

| parliament4 = Sri Lankan

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| term_start4 = 2009

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|23}}

| birth_place = Galle, Sri Lanka

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| nationality = Sri Lankan

| party = United People's Freedom Alliance

| occupation = Politics

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| spouse = Devika weerakkody

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| children = Vireign Weerakkody

Devinya Weerakkody

| residence =Galle

| alma_mater = St. Aloysius' College (Galle)
Nalanda College, Colombo

| profession = Lawyer

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| website = [http://www.chandimaweerakkody.com Official website]

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Chandima Weerakkody MP (born 23 May 1968) is a Member of Parliament representing the Galle District.[http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/1590 Hon. Chandima Weerakkody, M.P] He is currently a member of parliament representing Galle district.[https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/gazettes/20200808-2187-26-en.pdf The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]

Chandima was the former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Gas.[http://nation.lk/online/2015/10/03/saarc-investment-forum-held.html SAARC Investment Forum held]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He was also the Deputy Speaker of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka and Chairman of Committees.