Ranil Jayawardena


Ranil Jayawardena

Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byGeorge Eustice
Succeeded byThérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade
In office
5 May 2020 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byConor Burns
Succeeded byTBD
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
13 February 2020 – 5 May 2020
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byPaul Scully
Succeeded byLee Rowley
Member of Parliament
for North East Hampshire
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byJames Arbuthnot
Majority20,211 (34.1%)
Councillor of the Borough of
Basingstoke and Deane
In office
5 May 2008 – 11 May 2015
Personal details
Born (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 (age 38)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Alison Lyn Jayawardena
(m. 2011)
Children3
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (born 3 September 1986) is a British politician for the Conservative Party.

He was Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from 5 May 2020 to 6 September 2022. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampishire since 11 May 2015.