Rohitha Abeygunawardena


Pahalage Rohitha Piyatissa Abeygunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Nation Building. He is a representative of Kalutara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is often referred to by the masses as “Raththaran”. On 27 November 2019, he was appointed as Minister for Energy

Education

Rohitha Abeygunawardena was educated at Gnanodaya Vidyalaya, Kalutara.

Early Career

He was the driver of minister Ediriweera Premarathne..

Investigations

Abeygunawardena was questioned in September 2008 on allegations of undeclared assets estimated at more than Rs. 450 million. The two officers who were conducting the investigation were later transferred out of the Bribery commission.
The Commission of Bribery and Corruption filed a case against Abeygunawardena on 8 January 2016 over undeclared and illegally earned assets worth over Rs 41.1 million. The Director General of the Bribery Commission alleged that the minister made 66 unlawful monetary transactions, constructed a house and purchased a jeep.