Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Palitha Range Bandara | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | General Secretary of the United National Party |
Term Start: | 13 January 2021 |
Predecessor: | Kabir Hashim |
Constituency Mp2: | Puttalam District |
Parliament2: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2020 |
Birth Date: | 1962 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Puttalam |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Spouse: | Kanthi Senanayake |
Party: | United National Party |
Otherparty: | United National Front |
Children: | Yashoda Rangebandara Eranthi Rangebandara Tharushi Rangebandara |
Residence: | Puttlam |
Alma Mater: | Ananda College, Puttlam |
Occupation: | Politician, policeman |
Website: | https://www.unp.lk/ |
Term End3: | 09 August 2015 |
Office4: | Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training (Sri Lanka) |
Term Start4: | 9 August 2015 |
Office5: | Ministry of Irrigation |
Term Start5: | 31 May 2017 |
Term End5: | 2 May 2018 |
Office3: | Ministry of Power and Energy |
Term End4: | 31 May 2017 |
Term Start3: | 10 January 2015 |
Palitha Range Bandara (born September 8, 1962)[1] is a Sri Lankan politician, retired police officer and current General Secretary of the United National Party. He is also the former State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Management and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from Anamaduwa.
Bandara claimed political victimization forced him to retire and the National Police Commission recommended that he be promoted to the grade of Assistant Superintendent of Police from his retirement grade of sub-inspector in December 2017.[2]