Ranawaka Arachchige Patali Champika Ranawaka (Sinhala:පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක) MP (born 4 August 1965) is the current cabinet Minister of Power and Energy in the government of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Originally a member of the Sihala Urumaya, a Sinhala nationalist political party, he joined the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) political party along with members of the Sihala Urumaya as only supportive and advisory personal, when it was formed in 2004 to wield can...
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Ranawaka Arachchige Patali Champika Ranawaka (Sinhala:පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක) MP (born 4 August 1965) is the current cabinet Minister of Power and Energy in the government of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Originally a member of the Sihala Urumaya, a Sinhala nationalist political party, he joined the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) political party along with members of the Sihala Urumaya as only supportive and advisory personal, when it was formed in 2004 to wield candidates who were all Buddhist monks, for Parliament in the 2004 general election.
Champika Ranawaka entered Taxila Central College, Horana after being qualified from the Scholarship Examination. Been an all-rounder at different extra curricular activities, Champika got qualified from G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination ranking first from the Kalutara district to the Engineering faculty of the University of Moratuwa.
He was an activist in the student movements in Sri Lanka during the late 1980s and was a member of the pro-J.V.P. student union....
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