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Sarath Amunugama
SLAS
Sarath Amunugama SLAS
සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම ; சரத் லீலானந்த பண்டார அமுனுகம
Minister for Special Projects
	In office; 23 October 2015 – 26 October 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources Management
	In office; 2000–2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister of Finance
	In office; 14 April 2004 – 22 November 2005
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Preceded by	K. N. Choksy
Succeeded by	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs
	In office; 23 November 2005 – 28 January 2007
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Preceded by	Amarasiri Dodangoda
Succeeded by	Karu Jayasuriya
Minister Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion
	In office; 2007–2010
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Deputy Minister of Finance & Planning
	In office; 2010 – 12 January 2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Member of Parliament; for National List
	In office; 2015–2020
Member of Parliament; for Kandy District
	In office; 1994–2015
Personal details
Born	July 10, 1939 (age 85)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party ; United National Party
Other political; affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence(s)	50/1, Siripa Road, ; Colombo 05, Sri Lanka.
Occupation	Civil servant

Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama (Sinhala:සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම), MP, SLAS (born July 10, 1939) is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning until April 2010. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

He studied at the Trinity College, Kandy and graduated from the University of Ceylon.^[1] He joined the Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) in its last intake of cadets in 1962. Following the disestablishment of the CCS he was transferred to its successor the Ceylon Administrative Service which was later renamed as the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS). During his career in the SLAS he served as Government Agent of the Kandy District, Director of Information, Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and later Chairman, The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Before entering active politics he worked as an International Civil Servant for UNESCO headquarters in Paris. He resides in Colombo.

References

^ Samaranayake, Ajith (2 November 2003). "The Return to Peradeniya". Sunday Observer. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2009.