Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake

Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician and was the 9th Governor of the North Western Province. She was a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister, being the Minister of Woman's affairs in the 2001-2004 United National Party government. She is a longstanding MP of the United National Party for the Wariyapola Electorate. She entered politics from Kurunegala after her husband's assassination who was a prominent wealthy businessman.
She is now retired from politics. Her son Manjula a former provincial council member serves as the chief organiser under the United National Party to Wariyapola Electoral division.