Ranil Jayawardena

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The Right Honourable Ranil Jayawardena MP
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	George Eustice
Succeeded by	Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade
In office 5 May 2020 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	James Duddridge
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 13 February 2020 – 5 May 2020
Leader	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Paul Scully
Succeeded by	Lee Rowley
Member of Parliament for North East Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	James Arbuthnot
Majority	20,211 (34.1%)[1]
Councillor of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane
In office 5 May 2008 – 11 May 2015
Personal details
Born	Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 (age 37) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Alison Lyn Jayawardena ​ ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	3
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Website	Official website

Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena^[2] (born 3 September 1986) is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire since 2015. He served under Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2022.