# Karu Jayasuriya

> Sri Lankabhimanya Karu Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Previously 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. He has served as Chairman of the Leadership Council of the United National Party (UNP), as well as Deputy Leader of the UNP. He is a member of parliament representing the Gampaha District since 2001. He had served as Sri Lanka's Ambassador to (Germany). As Speaker of Parliament, he also acts as Chairman of the Constitutional Council.

*Sri Lankan politician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/karu-jayasuriya

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1940-09-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/101

## Sources
- [کارو جیاسوریا](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7)
- [Karu Jayasuriya](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya)
- [Karu Jayasuriya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya)
- [Karu Jayasuriya](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya)
- [Karu Jayasuriya](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya)
- [කරු ජයසූරිය](https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%A2%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%96%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA)
- [கரு ஜயசூரிய](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369958)

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