Champika Premadasa
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Background
Champika Premadasa, born in 1948, is a businessman and a politician in Sri Lanka.[1] He had his formal education at Gabbela Sirisangabo Vidyalaya, Kegalle.[2]
C. Premadasa, from Kegalle district, represents the United National Party, the main right-wing political party in Sri Lanka. According to the manthri.lk, a web page to rank the Members of Parliament in Sri Lanka, C. Premadasa’s engagement in topics of Trade and Industry is “average” and Economy and Finance is “poor”.[2]
Links to the Tobacco Industry
C. Premadasa owns a beedi (a domestically produced smoking tobacco product) manufacturing company producing under the brand “Champika Beedi”. It is a component of Champika Group of Companies, registered as Champika Premadasa Private Limited, of which he is the current Chairman.[3] Their other businesses include:
- Tourism
- Jewellry
- Printing
Political/Government Positions held
- Member of Provincial Council for Sabaragamuwa province[1]
- Member of Pradeshiya Sabha for Rambuukkana[1]
- Member of Parliament since 2000 – 2015[1]
- Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce 2015 – 2018[4][5]
- State Minister of Power & Renewable Energy-2018 to present[6]
Tobacco Related Activities
- In 2011, C. Premadasa criticized the government for not facilitating the beedi industry.[7]
- In 2002, C. Premadasa participated in an opening of a Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) sponsored Information Technology centre in Rambukkana.[8]
Tobacco Unmasked Resources
The local language translations
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Parliament of Sri Lanka, Directory of Members, undated, accessed January 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manthri.lk, Champika Premadasa, undated, accessed January 2018
- ↑ Champika Printers, Website, undated, accessed January 2018
- ↑ Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Website, undated, accessed January 2018
- ↑ News.lk, Champika Premadasa – Industry and Commerce, undated, accessed January 2018
- ↑ Parliament of Sri Lanka, [1], undated, accessed February 2019
- ↑ Marasinghe S, Range I, Mudalige D. Cooperatives Ministry has made tremendous progress - Minister Johnston Fernando, 19 December 2011, Daily News online, accessed January 2018
- ↑ Perera G. CTC opens IT Centre at Rambukkana, 11 October 2002, accessed April 2018
