Jayantha Weerasinghe

Jayantha Weerasinghe is a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Weerasinghe was born on 13 September 1950. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo. He has a LLB degree from the University of Colombo. He became a President's Counsel in 2010.
Weerasinghe is Prime [Minister of Sri Lanka|Prime Minister] Mahinda Rajapaksa's legal advisor. Following the 2020 [Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary election] he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the Sri [Lanka People's Freedom Alliance].