Conservative MP Ranil Jayawardena was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the new British government of Liz Truss on 6th September.
A position held since 2020 by George Eustice , and which includes fishing. Born in 1986, the new minister responsible for Defra, MP for North East Hampshire since 2015, was part of the previous government, since May 2020, as Minister for International Trade. A graduate of the London School of Economics (LSE), this son of a Sri Lankan and an Indian woman, favorable to Brexit, was appointed vice-president of the Conservative Party by Boris Johnson in 2019.
A little bit of background:
Ranil Jayawardena was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 6 September 2022. Previously he was Minister for International Trade from May 2020 to September 2022.
He was elected as the Conservative MP for North East Hampshire in 2015. Ranil went to his local comprehensive school in north east Hampshire and studied government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Ranil entered Parliament representing his home constituency in 2015, and was re-elected in 2017 and 2019. Before serving as a minister, he was a member of the International Trade, Home Affairs, Procedure and Arms Export Controls Committees, and had been appointed by the Speaker of the House of Commons to the Chairmens’ Panel. He was also made Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party by the Prime Minister. Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a councillor, serving as deputy leader of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane.
Ranil combined his service in local government with working for Lloyds Banking Group plc and is a freeman of the City of London. He also has wide ranging commercial experience from the pharmaceutical, construction, transport and leisure sectors.
Ranil is married with a son and 2 daughters.
He was elected as the Conservative MP for North East Hampshire in 2015. Ranil went to his local comprehensive school in north east Hampshire and studied government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Ranil entered Parliament representing his home constituency in 2015, and was re-elected in 2017 and 2019. Before serving as a minister, he was a member of the International Trade, Home Affairs, Procedure and Arms Export Controls Committees, and had been appointed by the Speaker of the House of Commons to the Chairmens’ Panel. He was also made Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party by the Prime Minister. Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a councillor, serving as deputy leader of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane.
Ranil combined his service in local government with working for Lloyds Banking Group plc and is a freeman of the City of London. He also has wide ranging commercial experience from the pharmaceutical, construction, transport and leisure sectors.
Ranil is married with a son and 2 daughters.
