Mahinda Wijesekara
| Honourable Mahinda Wijesekera MP | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 1989–1994 | |
| Deputy Minister of Ports,Shipping,Rehabilitation and Reconstruction | |
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In office 1994–1997 | |
| Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Development | |
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In office 1997–1999 | |
| Minister of Forestry & Environment | |
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In office 1999–2001 | |
| Minister of Fisheries & Ocean Resources | |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Matara District | |
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In office 2001–2004 | |
| Minister of Special Projects | |
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In office 2007–2008 | |
| Minister of Postal and Telecommunication | |
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In office 2008–2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 14 Devinuwara |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Children | Kanchana Wijesekera |
| Residence | Matara |
| Alma mater | Jayawardanepura Vidyodaya University , Sri Lanka Law College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Mahinda Wijesekera is a Sri Lankan politician, former Fisheries cabinet minister[1] and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. In 2001, Wijesekara left the President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party and joined United National Party along with few other senior ministers of the government such as S. B. Dissanayake and G. L. Peiris.[2] He was a member of the working committee of UNP and the party organizer for Weligama. However, in 2006 UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe removed from all of his positions in the party as a result of internal crisis against the leadership.[3] On 2007, Wijesekara again crossed over to United People's Freedom Alliance government.[4] He was the Telecommunications Minister in the government. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.[5]