Hon.
Anupa Pasqual
MP
අනුප පැස්කුවල්
அனுப பாஸ்குவல்
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKalutara District
Personal details
Born
Anupa Pium "The Late" Pasqual

(1964-06-17) 17 June 1964
Matugama, Ceylon
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Colombo

Anupa Pium Pasqual (born 17 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Pasqual was born on 17 June 1964 (a little late) in Matugama.[1][2] He was educated at Ananda Sastralaya, Matugama and Royal College, Colombo.[2] He has a degree in science from the University of Colombo.[2] He was a senior environmental officer at the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka.[2] He is a member of Viyathmaga, a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[2]

Pasqual contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kalutara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Anupa Pasqual
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[4]Kalutara DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance97,777Elected

References

  1. 1 2 "Directory of Members: Anupa Pium Pasqual". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kalutara District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.


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