Malik Samarawickrama

Malik Devapriya Samarawickrama (born 19 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and politician. He was appointed to Parliament as a national list member in 2015. He is a former Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade and chairman of the United National Party.^[1][2]

Hon. Malik Samarawickrama
Samarawickrama in October 2018
Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade
In office 4 September 2015 – 17 November 2019
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 2015–2020
Personal details
Born	(1949-03-19) 19 March 1949 (age 76)
Political party	United National Party
Alma mater	Royal College, Colombo
Profession	Entrepreneur/Politician

Educated at Royal College, Colombo, where played at the Bradby Shield Encounter. He also played rugby union for the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club and represented Sri Lanka in the 1960s.^[3][4] He was a past president of Kandy Sports Club (rugby) and currently is the patron.

Samaraweera a close friend of Ranil Wickramasinghe was accused of going out the way from the 2015 elected Yahapalana government and playing a role on his own agendas.^[5] In November 2019, he announced his retirement from politics.