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Anupa Pasqual

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Anupa Pasqual
අනුප පැස්කුවල්
அனுப பாஸ்குவல்
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKalutara District
Personal details
Born
Anupa Pium "The Late" Pasqual

(1964-06-17) 17 June 1964 (age 60)
Matugama, Ceylon
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Colombo

Anupa Pium Pasqual (born 17 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Pasqual was born on 17 June 1964 (a little late) in Matugama.[1][2] He was educated at Ananda Sastralaya, Matugama and Royal College, Colombo.[2] He has a degree in science from the University of Colombo.[2] He was a senior environmental officer at the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka.[2] He is a member of Viyathmaga, a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[2]

Pasqual contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kalutara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Anupa Pasqual
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[4] Kalutara District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 97,777 Elected

References

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  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Anupa Pium Pasqual". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kalutara District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.