Tilak Marapana

The Honourable Tilak Marapana MP, PC
Minister of Law and Order and Prison Reforms
In office 4 September 2015 – 9 November 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Preceded by	John Amaratunga
Succeeded by	Sagala Ratnayaka
Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation
In office 2002 – April 2004
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by	Gamini Atukorale
Minister of Defence
In office 12 December 2001 – November 2003
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Succeeded by	Chandrika Kumaratunga
36th Attorney General of Sri Lanka
In office July 1992 – 1995
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by	Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva
Succeeded by	Shibly Aziz
34th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
In office 1990–1992
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Preceded by	S. W. B Wadugodapitiya
Succeeded by	Shibly Aziz
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
In office 2001–2005
Personal details
Political party	United National Party
Spouse(s)	Stella Marapana
Children	Janaka Marapana Chamith Marapana
Residence	Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa
Alma mater	St Thomas' College

Tilak Janaka Marapana, MP, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament appointed from the national list. He was a former Cabinet Minister of Law and Order, Prison Reforms serving from September 2015 to November 2015 and was the former Minister of Defence and Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation. He previously served as the Solicitor General and Attorney General.

Early life and education

Marapana hails from Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa, he is the second son of former District Judge P. Marapana and has one brother Gamini Marapana, PC. He is an alumnus of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He has a degree in Chemistry and Maths as well as a Law Degree.

Legal career

Marapana joined the Attorney General's Department as a Crown Counsel in 1968. In 1988 he was made a President's Counsel. In 1990 he was appointed Solicitor General and was appointed Attorney General in 1992. He retired as Attorney General in 1994, following the change of the United National Party Government, reverting to the Unofficial Bar.

Political career

In 2000 he was appointed as a Member of Parliament from the national list by the UNP. In 2001 he was made Minister of Defence. In 2002 he was made Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation in addition to the portfolio of Minister of Defence. In 2015, he was reappointed as Member of Parliament from the national list and was appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law and Order, Prison Reforms in September 2015. He resigned from the post in November 2015 following the Avant Garde controversy.

Family

Marapana is married to his wife Stella, they have two sons, Janaka and Chamith both practicing lawyers.

See also

• Ministry of Defence

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Political offices
Preceded by John Amaratunga	Law and Order and Prison Reforms 2015	Succeeded by Sagala Ratnayaka
Preceded by Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Defence 2001–2003	Succeeded by Chandrika Kumaratunga
Preceded by Gamini Atukorale	Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation 2002–2004	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva	Attorney General of Sri Lanka 1992–1995	Succeeded by Shibly Aziz
Preceded by S. W. B Wadugodapitiya	Solicitor General of Sri Lanka 1990–1992	Succeeded by Shibly Aziz