Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

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Hon. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
Minister of Highways and Road Development
In office 23 November 2005 – 6 April 2008
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs
In office 10 April 2004 – 28 January 2007
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahinda Rajapaksa
Minister of Civil Aviation and Airports Development
In office 19 October 2000 – 2001
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Chief Government Whip
In office 3 May 2004 – 6 April 2008
Preceded by	Mahinda Samarasinghe
Succeeded by	Dinesh Gunawardena
Member of Parliament for Gampaha District
In office 9 March 1989 – 6 April 2008
Succeeded by	Dulip Wijeysekara
Majority	90,307 Preferential Votes
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-11)11 January 1953 Welihena, Dominion of Ceylon
Died	6 April 2008(2008-04-06) (aged 55) Weliveriya, Sri Lanka
Manner of death	Assassination
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political affiliations	United People's Freedom Alliance People's Alliance
Spouse	Sudarshani Fernandopulle
Children	Samurdhi and Bhanuka
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (Sinhala: ජෙයරාජ් ප්‍රනාන්දුපුල්ලේ, Tamil: ஜெயராஜ் பெர்னான்டோபுள்ளே, 11 January 1953 – 6 April 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a cabinet Minister and a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. He was a Roman Catholic and hailed from a minority ethnic group Colombo Chetties.