Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, (29 January 1941-17 February 2024) was a politician and a member of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka representing Kurunegala. He entered politics in 1973 from the Katugampola electorate and elected to Parliament first at the 1977 general election.

After the introduction of the provincial council system, the late Minister Jayawickrama Perera contested as the UNP's Chief Ministerial candidate of the North Western Province. He was the incumbent Cabinet Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife and Minister of Buddha Sasana at the time of his demise. He was also the former Cabinet Minister of Food Protection. He was elected as the chairman of ESCAP (Economic and Soci...