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词条 D. V. Chanaka
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Parliamentary career

  4. References

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| constituency_MP = Hambantota District
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|09|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Galle, Sri Lanka
| birth_name = Denagama Vitharanage Chanaka Dinushan
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| party = United People's Freedom Alliance
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| relations = D. V. Upul (father)
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| residence = 'Tharaka', Kudawella - South, Nakulugamuwa
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  • Vijitha Central College, Dikwella
  • American College of Higher Education, Galle
  • Southeast Missouri State University

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}}Denagama Vitharanage Chanaka Dinushan (born 11 September 1987) is a Sri Lankan politician and a current member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was elected as the United People's Freedom Alliance candidate, representing the Hambantota Electoral District at the general parliamentary elections held in August 2015.[1]

Early life and education

Chanaka Dinushan was born in Galle to a Sinhala- Buddhist family, the son of D. V. Upul, a Provincial Council Minister (Southern Province)[2] and has two brothers and a sister. He spent his childhood in Kudawella, a fishing village in Tangalle. He was educated at Vijitha Central College, Dikwella before attending the American College of Higher Education in Galle.[2] He then entered the Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management and Design.[2] Chanaka is currently reading for his Masters in Financial Economics in the University of Colombo.    

Career

After graduating from Southeast Missouri State University, he returned to Sri Lanka and started working in the construction field as the Project Manager in the Aarking Engineering construction company where he later became a Director. He was also an active Member in the Young Contractors Forum.

He was also an active volunteer, through which he become the Chairman of the Pathuma Foundation.

Parliamentary career

Chanaka contested the 2015 parliamentary elections, where at age of 28, he was one of the youngest candidates.[3] He ran as the United People’s Freedom Alliance candidate, in the Hambantota electorate receiving 51,939 votes and secured the fourth place among his party candidates.[4] In doing so he became the second youngest member of Parliament.

He currently serves as a member in the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Youth Affairs, Project Management and Southern Development.[1] In October 2017 he was arrested together with two other parliamentarians, Namal Rajapaksa and Prasanna Ranaweera and three provincial council members, in relation to a protest, against the proposed handover of the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport to foreign companies.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.parliament.lk/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3240|title=Hon. D. V. Chanaka, M.P.|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka|accessdate=21 September 2018}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/02/18/features/force-must-be-forceful|title=Force must be forceful|newspaper=The Daily News|first=Ishara|last=Jayawardane|date=18 February 2016|accessdate=21 September 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20150823/281814282610321|title=Family Jewels on Parade in New Parliament |newspaper=The Sunday Times|first=Chathuri|last=Dissanayake|date=23 August 2015|accessdate=23 September 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2015/08/18/general-election-2015-hambantota-district-preferential-votes-announced/amp/|title=General Election 2015 : Hambantota district preferential votes announced|newspaper=NewsFirst.lk|date=18 August 2015|accessdate=23 September 2018}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/43510/namal-dv-chanaka-ranaweera-and-3-others-arrested|title=Namal, DV Chanaka, Ranaweera and 3 others arrested |publisher=Adaderana.lk|first=Yusuf|last=Ariff|date=10 October 2017 |accessdate=21 September 2018}}
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7 : 1987 births|Living people|Sri Lankan Buddhists|Sinhalese politicians|United People's Freedom Alliance politicians|Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka|Southeast Missouri State University alumni

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