Mahindra deshapriya biography sample
Mahindra deshapriya biography sample
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Mahinda Deshapriya
Former election commissioner of Sri Lanka
Mahinda Deshapriya | |
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In office 13 November 2015 – 13 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Nimal G.
Punchihewa |
In office 26 March 2011 – 13 November 2015 | |
Preceded by | Dayananda Dissanayake |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Born | Waduge Warunasiri Mahinda Deshapriya (1955-06-06) 6 June 1955 (age 69) |
Relations | Sunanda Deshapriya (Brother) |
Education | Dharmasoka College |
Alma mater | University of Peradeniya |
Waduge Warunasiri Mahinda Deshapriya (Sinhala: මහින්ද දේශප්රිය; born 6 June 1955) is a Sri Lankan civil servant who served as the 1st Chairman of Election Commission of Sri Lanka[1] from 2015 to 2020, previously serving as 8th Commissioner of Department of Elections from 2011 to 2015.
On 30 November 2019, he informed the speaker of parliament that he would resign from the post and that his intention had been forward