Karu Jayasuriya

Hon. Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya MP
දේශබන්දු කරූ ජයසූරිය தேசபந்து கரு ஜயசூரிய
20th Speaker of the Parliament
In office 1 September 2015 – 20 August 2020
Deputy	Ananda Kumarasiri Thilanga Sumathipala
Preceded by	Chamal Rajapaksa
Succeeded by	Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
Minister of Buddha Sasana
In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	D. M. Jayaratne
Minister of Public Administration, Democratic Rule
In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	D. M. Jayaratne
Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
In office 2007–2008
Minister of Power and Energy
In office 12 December 2001 – 6 April 2004
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament for National List
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District
In office 2000–2015
Mayor of Colombo
In office 1997–1999
Personal details
Born	(1940-09-29) 29 September 1940 (age 84)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Alma mater	Ananda College, Colombo
Occupation	Politics, diplomat
Profession	Businessman
Website	parliament.lk/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/101
Military service
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Branch/service	Ceylon Army Volunteer Force
Years of service	1965–1972
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	Ceylon National Guard
Battles/wars	1971 JVP insurrection

Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya, MP (Sinhala: කරු ජයසුරිය; born 29 September 1940) is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the 20th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from September 2015 to August 2020.^[1]

He was Mayor of Colombo from 1997 to 1999, Minister of Power and Energy from 2001 to 2004, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs from 2007 to 2008, and Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Administration, and Democratic Governance in 2015.

References

1. "Karu elected as new Speaker". Adaderana. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

Other websites

• Sri Lanka Parliament profile
• Bio – Hon. Karu Jayasuriya Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
• The man with a Plan Archived 2019-06-16 at the Wayback Machine