![]() He had contested against the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa who represented Kurunegala District in the general election held in August 2015. ![]() He had made use of the vast experience gathered serving as the Minister of Education in the shadow cabinet when performing the portfolio entrusted by the government. On 12 January 2015, he was appointed as the Minister of Education in the newly formed government. He had led the Kurunagala district at the 2015 January presidential election victoriously against the former Rajapaksa government. He was a beacon of democracy, equality and justice. He had incorporated his own ways of attracting the crowd in the political arena he had demonstrated unmatched leadership qualities. He was committed to safeguard the leadership of the party at every difficult time mounted against the party. He stood by what is good for the party whenever the leader ship of the party was at stake. He had secured the second highest votes in the Kurunegala district at the general election held in 2010. He shouldered the challenge set by his party to restructure National Youth Front at grass root level. He extended the strength of his young blood to the party and became the chairman of the National Youth Front in the year 2007. He was appointed the organizer of the Kuliyapitiya electorate in the year 2005. He was nominated as the education minister of the shadow cabinet appointed by the UNP which represented the opposition. He faced every obstacle with so much of courage even at a crucial point where the United National Party led government was untimely dissolved by the president unleashing her executive powers. He was appointed as the organizer of the Paduwasnuwara electorate, later he went on to be elected to the parliament securing 83,114 votes at the general election held in 2004. He was a forerunner at the protest against the education reforms in 1999, and later he was arrested in this connection.Īt the age of 28, even without being appointed as an organizer of any electorate he contested the general elections held in 2001. He extended leadership to University Youth front. He had entered student politics when he was a university student. In 1999 he was appointed the general secretary of the National youth front. He went on to become the vice president of the National Youth Front at the National level. He held these positions whilst he was a student of the Colombo University. Later he was appointed to the executive committee of the National youth front. In 1996, he was appointed the District Chairman of the National youth front in Kuliyapitiya District. He was appointed the Chairman of the National Youth Front Kuliyapitiya chapter in the year 1995. National Youth Front was introduced under the patronage of Hon.Ranil Wickramasinghe aiming at enforcing the country's youth. ![]() He entered politics during his schooldays and made a significant milestone when he formed the very first chapter in Kuliyapitiya for the National Youth Front. He was able to grasp the true flavor of politics from the childhood since he hailed from a traditional politically affiliated family. He is a politician and a Lawyer in profession. Later he pursued his secondary degree in Law at the Open University of Colombo. He is a graduate of the University of Colombo in the disciplines of Economics, Political Science and international relations. His family of five out of six brothers and sisters of Graduates. Allen Kariyawasam who was the caring beacon to the family. His father, Mr.William Godage Kariyawasam served as a Registrar of the state university system and later established himself as a prominent business personality and his mother is Mrs. He was born as the fifth son of a family of six children. He is the current Minister of Education of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. ![]() He is the President of the ‘Jathika Sewaka Sangamaya’(JSS), the single trade union which represents the majority of the working class of this country. Also he is United National Party's spokesman. He works as the deputy general secretary of the United National Party, the greatest political party which paved way to gain independence in our motherland. This politician is also the current Minister of Education of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Kariyawasam is also the President of the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya, the trade union of the working class of Lankans, affiliated to the United National Party. Early life and career Īkila Viraj Kariyawasam is the current Secretary of the United National Party. He is a lawyer by profession and was first elected to the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka in 2004. He served as the Minister of Education of Sri Lanka from 13 January 2015 to 21 November 2019. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම්, Tamil: அகில விராஜ் காரியவசம் born ).
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