Nimal Siripala de Silva
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| The Honourable Nimal Siripala de Silva MP |
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| Minister of Transport | |
| Assumed office 4 September 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Ranjith Maddumabandara |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 16 January 2015 – 26 June 2015 |
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| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Succeeded by | R. Sampanthan |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Badulla District |
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| Assumed office 2000 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo District |
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| In office 1989–2000 |
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| Born | 6 September 1944 Badulla, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
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United People's Freedom Alliance (2004 – Present) People's Alliance (1994 – 2004) |
| Alma mater | Nalanda College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP (born 6 September 1944) is Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Transprt in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District. He was also the former Leader of the Opposition, former Cabinet Minister (Irrigation and Water Resources Management), former Leader of the House.
De Silva is a lawyer by profession and received his secondary education at Nalanda College, Colombo.[1]
He is the Assembly President of the World Health Organisation.
On 4 July 1996 De Silva escaped with injuries in an attempted assassination by a LTTE female suicide bomber at the Stanley Road in Jaffna. This incident took place minutes after the Minister declared open a branch of Building Materials Corporation (BMC) in Jaffna. Brigadier Ananda Hamangoda (Jaffna Sector Commander), Ranjith Godamuna (Chairman, Lanka Cement) and 21 others were killed and more than 50 injured in this explosion.[2]
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