Anupa Pasqual

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Hon.
Anupa Pasqual
අනුප පැස්කුවල්
அனுப பாஸ்குவல்
Member of Parliament
for Kalutara District
In office
20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024
Personal details
BornAnupa Pium Pasqual
(1964-06-17) 17 June 1964 (age 61)
Matugama, Ceylon
(now in Sri Lanka)
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 former Member of Parliament.[1]

Born in the town of Matugama, Pasqual was educated at Ananda Sastralaya, Matugama and later Royal College, Colombo.[1][2] He possesses a degree in science from the University of Colombo and was a senior environmental officer at the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka.[2] He is a member of Viyathmaga, a nationalist pro-Rajapaksa group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[2]

Pasqual contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance for the 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 "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.


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