title: Pramitha Tennakoon
text: # Pramitha Tennakoon
  
  Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon (Sinhala: ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන්; born 11 September 1978) is a Sri Lankan politician, former Cabinet Minister, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament. He served as the Minister of Ports and Shipping in the Cabinet of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
  
  Tennakoon was born on 11 September 1978. He is the son of Janaka Bandara Tennakoon and grandson of T. B. Tennekoon, both government ministers. He was educated at St. Peter's College, Colombo. He has a LLB degree from the University of Buckingham and LLM degree from La Trobe University. He was member of the diplomatic staff the Sri Lankan embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
  
  Tennakoon was a member of the Central Provincial Council and Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs, Women's Affairs and Rural Industries Development for the Central Province. He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Matale District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  
  Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Minister of Ports and Shipping by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022. He served until 9 May 2022 following another mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet.
  
  Electoral history of Pramitha Tennakoon :
  
  | Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009 provincial | Matale District | | United People's Freedom Alliance | 49,665 | Elected |
  | 2013 provincial | Matale District | | United People's Freedom Alliance | 51,591 | Elected |
  | 2020 parliamentary | Matale District | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 67,776 | Elected |
  