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Hon.
Ravindra Samaraweera
MP
Hon. Ravindra Samaraweera MP
Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations
	In office; 1 May 2018 – 26 November 2019
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	John Seneviratne
Minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development
	In office; 25 February 2018 – 1 May 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Succeeded by	Sarath Fonseka
State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations
	In office; 9 September 2015 – 25 February 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Project Minister of Social Welfare
	In office; 2001–2004
President	Chandrika Kumaratunge
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament; for Badulla District
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2015
	In office; 1989–2010
Minister of State for Food and co-operatives
	In office; 18 February 1989 – 1 May 1993
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Prime Minister	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Personal details
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Other political; affiliations	United National Front
Spouse	Sita Samaraweera
Relations	Percy Samaraweera
Children	Shanil
Alma mater	St. Thomas' College Guruthalawa
Occupation	Planter
Profession	Politician

Ravindra Samaraweera (or Ravi Samaraweera) is a Sri Lankan politician, the current Cabinet Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations and former cabinet minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development ^[1] and former state minister of Labor and Trade Union Relations^[2] member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Born to a leading political family in the Uva province Samaraweera is a long time United National Party organizer of the Walimada seat and leader of the Badulla District. He was a Deputy Minister in the Ranasinghe Premadasa Cabinet and later a Project minister in the 2001 Ranil Wickramasinghe Government. In 2015 Samaraweera was appointed as minister in the Uva Provincial Council Under Harin Fernando. Samaraweera was also appointed the acting Chief Minister of Uva Province few times in the year 2015 while serving as the minister in the council. In 2018 he was given the cabinet Minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development.^[3]

Samaraweera who was a member of parliament from 1989 to 2010 was re-elected to Parliament in 2015 after his party United National Party won the election to form a government.

Personal life

Samaraweera is the nephew of Percy Samaraweera^{[citation needed]} former Chief Minister of Uva Province. He is married to Sita Samaraweera and they have five children.