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Thalatha Atukorale (born 30 May 1963) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017, becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka. She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale, former minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.
Atukorale came into active politics in 2004, after the death of her brother Gamini, a former cabinet minister and assistant leader of the United National Party. She was elected to the parliament at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 elections from Rathnapura district.
Atukorale announced her resignation as a member of Parliament of Sri Lanka on 21 August 2024, in a parliamentary address that included scathing critique of her party’s Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa.
See also
List of political families in Sri Lanka
Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)
References
"THALATHA ATUKORALE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Specific
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rishad Bathiudeen
- Pemilihan umum parlemen Sri Lanka 2010
- Maithripala Sirisena
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Thalatha Atukorale
- Gamini Atukorale
- Atukorale
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- Vijitha Herath
- K. D. Lalkantha
- 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Namal Rajapaksa
- Harin Fernando
