Anura Kumara Dissanayake

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Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake MP
අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க
Dissanayake in 2022
Leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 February 2014
Preceded by	Somawansa Amarasinghe
Chief Opposition Whip
In office 3 September 2015 – 18 December 2018
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	W. D. J. Senewiratne
Succeeded by	Mahinda Amaraweera
Leader of the National People's Power
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Preceded by	Position established
Member of Parliament for Colombo District
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2015
Member of Parliament for Kurunegala District
In office 1 April 2004 – 8 April 2010
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 22 April 2010 – 17 August 2015
In office 18 October 2000 – 7 February 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Land and Livestock
In office April 2004 – June 2005
President	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Personal details
Born	Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (1968-11-24) 24 November 1968 (age 55)  Thambuthegama, Dominion of Ceylon
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Other political affiliations	National People's Power
Alma mater	University of Kelaniya
Website	www.npp.lk/en/about

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP (Sinhala: අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක, Tamil: அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க; born 24 November 1968), also known by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan socialist politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the Colombo District, the current party leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (from 2014) and the National People's Power (from 2019). A former presidential candidate in 2019, he has been named as the National People's Power presidential candidate for the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election, campaigning on an anti-corruption platform.

Dissanayake has been involved with the JVP since his school days and was active in student politics in university before joining the JVP politburo in 1995. He has been a member of parliament since September 2000, having been either appointed from the national list or elected, Dissanayake served as the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation from 2004 to 2005 and Chief Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2018. He was named the leader of JVP at the 7th National Convention of the party, held on 2 February 2014.^[1]