Education
Educated at the Royal College Colombo where he became the Head Prefect, he graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor"s degree in business administrative studies in 1993.
Educated at the Royal College Colombo where he became the Head Prefect, he graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor"s degree in business administrative studies in 1993.
After graduation he worked as a financial analyst at Central Finance and joined Household Bank Sri Lanka going on to become a cr operations manager. In 2000, he was elected to parliament from the Matara District. He served as Deputy Minister of Power and Energy from 2002 to 2004.
Having been re-elected he retained the seat till 2010.
He is the current Cabinet Minister of Law and Order & Southern Development and Member of Parliament. He entered politics in 1999, having been elected as a member of the Southern Provincial Council.