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Rishad Bathiudeen | |
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Ministry of Industry and Commerce | |
In office 23 April 2010 – 3 July 2019 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe D. M. Jayaratne |
Minister of Resettlement & Disaster Relief Services | |
Member of Parliament for Vanni District | |
Assumed office 2001 | |
Personal details | |
Born | November 27, 1972 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | All Ceylon Makkal Congress |
Other political affiliations | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
Residence(s) | 26B Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 05 |
Alma mater | University of Moratuwa |
Profession | Civil Engineer |
Website | http://www.rishadbathiudeen.lk, |
Rishad Bathiudeen is a Sri Lankan parliamentarian and former senior cabinet minister. He is the leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Party, a registered political party in Sri Lanka. Bathiudeen was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Vanni Electoral District in December 2001 and was re-elected in April 2004, after which he was again re-elected in April 2010 and 2015 June from the same Electoral District which comprises Vavuniya, Mannar and Mullathivu Administrative Districts. Rishad Bathiudeen holds a National Diploma in Technology (NDT) in Civil Engineering from the University of Moratuwa.
On 19 October 2020, he was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department during a raid in Dehiwela, where he is charged with criminal misappropriation of public funds, and violation of election laws with regard to the transportation of IDPs in government-owned SLTB buses to vote at the 2019 presidential election.[1]