INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The remains of the Late Hon
Jayaratne, Former Prime Minister will be kept Lying-in-State in the Assembly Hall of Parliament from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm on Friday,
22ndNovember, 2019.All Members of Parliament, Former Members of Parliament, Government Officials, FamilyMembers, relations and friends and
Former Staff Members of the Parliament Staff, whowishes to pay their last respects, are kindly requested to be present in Parliament on
on this day states Dammika Dasnayake Secretary General of Parliament.Sri Lanka's 14th Prime Minister DM Jayaratne was first elected to
Afterthe inauguration of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in Kandy in 1951 by the late Prime MinisterBandaranaike, DM Jayaratne joined the party
as the 13th Member.He had his primary education at Doluwa Maha Vidyalaya and served as a teacher and a postmaster after passing the Higher
Secondary School Certificate examination.He was appointed Minister of Land, Agriculture and Forestry by President ChandrikaKumaratunga,
entering the cabinet for the first time
Jayaratne held in several portfolios such as Agriculture, Food - Co-operatives, Postal, Telecommunicationand Upcountry Development, Rural
Economic Development, Plantation Industries, BuddhaSasana and Religious Affairs.He served as the Prime Minister from 2010 to 2015 and served
as a SLFP patron until his death.D.M
Jayaratne was a father of three children including the former Deputy Minister ofMahaweli Development and Environment, Anuradha Jayaratne.
