Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (born October 10, 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor. He is one of the vice-chairmen of SLFP. Most recently he served as the cabinet Minister of Agriculture. He first entered parliament in 1983 and has been active in politics for more than 33 years.Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana was elected as the opposition leader of the southern provincial council in 1993,and he became the chief minster of the southern provincial council in 1994.Elected twice as the chief minister he was in office from 1994- 2003,until he became the deputy minister of Healthcare. He then became the Minister of Cultural Affairs & National Heritage in 2004. He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He resides in Kalubowila, Dehiwala.

 

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