Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

Hon. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa MP
අනුර ප්‍රියදර්ශන යාපා அனுர பிரியதர்ஷனா யாப்பா
General Secretary Sri Lanka Freedom Party
In office 22 November 2014 – 14 August 2015
Leader	Maithripala Sirisena Mahinda Rajapakse
Preceded by	Maithripala Sirisena
Succeeded by	Duminda Dissanayake
Minister of Disaster Management
In office 4 September 2015 – 12 April 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament for Kurunegala District
In office 25 August 1994 – 24 September 2024
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-18) 18 January 1959 Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	People's Alliance (1994–2004, since 2024) United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019) Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (2022–2024)
Alma mater	Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation	Politics
Profession	Lawyer

Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana (known as Anura Priyadharshana Yapa born 18 January 1959) MP for Kurunegala former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is also the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was also Sri Lanka's former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.

He is a lawyer by profession and was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo.

See also

• Cabinet of Sri Lanka

References

• "Biographies of Present Members". parliament.lk. Archived from the original on 2010-03-24.

• "Old Nalandians elected MPs to be felicitated". Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 April 2002. Retrieved 2002-03-27.