Dilan Perera
{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}}
{{Infobox MP
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| name = Dilan Perera
| native_name = ඩිලාන් පෙරේරා
திலன் பெரேரா
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| office = State Minister of Highways
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| president = Maithripala Sirisena
| primeminister = Ranil Wickremesinghe
| term_start = 9 September 2015
| term_end = November 2019
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| office1 = State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi
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| president1 = Maithripala Sirisena
| primeminister1 = Ranil Wickremesinghe
| term_start1 = 22 March 2015
| term_end1 = 21 May 2015
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| constituency_MP2 = National List
| parliament2 = Sri Lankan
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| term_start2 = 2015
| term_end2 = 2019
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| constituency_MP3 = Badulla District
| parliament3 = Sri Lankan
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| term_start3 = 1994
| term_end3 = 2015
2020–
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|04|19|df=y}}
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| nationality = Sri Lankan
| party = Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
| occupation = Politician
| otherparty = United People's Freedom Alliance
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| alma_mater = Royal College, Colombo
| profession = Lawyer
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| website = http://www.dilanperera.com
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Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera, MP (born 19 April 1962) (known as Dilan Perera) is a Sri Lankan politician. Current Member of Parliament for Badulla District, he was the former State Minister of Highways, State Minister of Housing and Samurdhi, Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development, and Deputy Minister of Justice.
Early life and education
Born to Marshal Perera, PC and Daya Perera, he was educated at Royal College Colombo and studied at the Sri Lanka Law College.[http://www.hirunews.lk/goldfmnews/100927/minister-dilan-perera-governor-central-bank-chairman-sec-resign-from-their-positions Minister Dilan Perera, Governor of Central Bank and Chairman of SEC resign from their positions]
Political career
Perera entered politics in 1988, when he was elected to the Uva Provincial Council and served as leader of the opposition from 1993 to 1994. He was elected to parliament in the 1994 parliamentary elections and was served as Deputy Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration between 1999 and 2000. Having been re-elected or appointed to parliament from the national list, Perera had served as Deputy Minister of Ports and Aviation, Deputy Minister of Media and Communication, Cabinet Minister of Estate Infrastructure, Minister of Ports and Ports Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare and State Minister of Highways.{{cite news |title=JVP calculations wrong: Dilan |url=https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2005/04/printable/050411_dilan_jvp.shtml |access-date=26 August 2020 |publisher=BBC}}
Controversies
In February 1997, he was involved in a shooting with political rivals in which parliamentarian Nalanda Ellawala was killed. In September 2018, he was accused of being linked to a person arrested in Milan for human smuggling, a link he strongly denied.{{cite web|url=http://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2018/09/23/news/foreign-employment-bureau-official-nabbed-human-smuggling-dilan-perera-denies-links|title=Foreign Employment Bureau official nabbed for human smuggling: Dilan Perera denies links|website=Sundayobserver.lk|date=23 September 2018|access-date=29 November 2018}} That same month, he publicly admitted that some of the LTTE soldiers and civilians who surrendered in the Sri Lankan Civil War had been killed by Armed forces.{{cite web|url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/60765|title=Rajapaksa Govt Ex-ministers S.B.Dissanayake and Dilan Perera Admit That Some LTTE Members and Tamil Civilians Who Surrendered to the Armed Forces Were Killed|website=Dbsjeyaraj.com|date=16 September 2018|access-date=29 November 2018}}
Family
Perera was married to Saroja Sirisena, who served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.{{cite news |title=Exposé: Tax Payer Pays Staggering Rs 13 Million For Saroja Sirisena's US Surgery |url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/expose-tax-payer-pays-staggering-rs-13-million-for-saroja-sirisenas-us-surgery/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |publisher=Colombo Telegraph}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100324202403/http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=128 Biography on Parliament's website]
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