Jagath Priyankara takes oaths

Jagath Priyankara has taken oaths as an MP before the Speaker in place of the late Sanath Nishantha.

Born in 1979, Mr  Priyankara completed his primary education from Dikwela Primary School and his secondary education from Joseph Vas College - Wennappuwa. He is also a Bachelor of Arts graduate from the University of Kelaniya.

Mr  Priyankara, who contested under the Eksath Janatha Nidahas Sandhanaya in the 2015 general election, was the fifth in the district by obtaining 31,424 preferential votes. Again in 2017, he contested the local government election under Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and was elected as one of its members. Contesting under Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna in the 2020 general election, he secured 40,724 votes and was sixth in the district.

Mr Priyankara, a Samurdhi manager by profession, is the convener of the Samurdhi National Organization Center. He is the son of the late Mr. L.K. Samson Jayantha who worked as a journalist in Dinamina, Lankadeepa and Mawbma newspapers and social and political activist.

Mr Priyankara, who is married to Mrs. M.V Dedunu in 2007, is a father of three children.