Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Honourable Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena MP
State Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for National List
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Matara
In office 1994 – 26 June 2015
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-07) June 7, 1955
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence	Lakmini Sanda, Beragama, Makandura, Matara, Sri Lanka.
Alma mater	Mahinda College, Galle
Religion	Buddhist
Website	http://www.lakshmanyapa.com/

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the State Minister of finance in the government of President Maithripala Sirisena. A representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka, he formerly served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs, Minister of Media, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare, deputy minister of civil avaiation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He has been in parliament since 1994 and 2015 is the 21st year in the parliament.

Abeywardana was born in 1955 to a prominent political family in Matara District, in Southern Province, where his father held local and provincial leadership positions. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle.

Abeywardana has been a proponent of various micro-level development programs to enable the people to improve their quality of life. He is the Chairman of the Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana Foundation. Abeywardana resides in Colombo. He is married and has three sons. His son Pasanda Yapa Abeywardana is a member of the Southern Provincial council.