Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (Sinhala: තේමිය ලොකු බණඩාර හුරුල්ලේ; born 16 March 1952) (known as Themiya Hurulle) is a Sri Lankan politician and Honorary Secretary, Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Development Fund A life of commitment in safeguarding the Atamasthanaya. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved 22 October 2022. a former project minister Kabir bats for Ranil amidst heavy resistance. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 27 October 2013. Sri Lanka Parliament. Ex members of Sri Lanka Parliament. Hurulle Walawwa : A piece of history through the ashes of destruction. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 3 October 2010. UNP protests 'illegal meeting'. BBC.Com, Retrieved on 18 April 2008. ICT Benefits Today. Ceylon Today (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 23 November 2020. and a United National Party organiser for Horawupotana Electorate. He was also a provincial councillor and a member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District. Hybrid system of e-voting for future Parliamentary, PC and LG polls. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 25 May 2020. He is an engineer by profession.
Early life His father, Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle was a member of Parliament for Horowpothana from 1956,Deshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle. The Island (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 17 May 2009.In victory or defeat he was the gentleman politician. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 3 May 2009. Cabinet Minister of Communications (1965–1970) and Minister of Cultural Affairs (1977–1988). He served as Governor in the Central Province and the North Central Province. E L B Hurulle also served as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to in Canberra, Australia. Themiya's mother was Malinee Galagoda Hurulle, the youngest daughter of Madduma Bandara Galagoda of Galagoda Walauwa, Udispattuwa, Teldeniya. Madduma Bandara Galagoda was a Basnayake Nilame (Chief custodian) of the Natha Devale in Kandy. Themiya has two sisters Maya and Deepthi and two brothers Vajira and Kanishka.
Education Hurulle completed his primary and secondary education at S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He thereafter pursued further studies in engineering at the Ceylon Technical College, Moratuwa (now the University of Moratuwa). Having followed the Engineering Apprentices I & II Programmes 1972/1973, he gained admission to London South Bank University in where earned a Diploma in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning in 1977 after which he obtained Membership of the Institute of Refrigeration.
Engineering career Thereafter, he worked as an Engineer at Metropolitan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, London EC1 and subsequently at its successor, Metair Ltd., Edmonton, London N12. Having returned to Colombo in 1980, he worked as Senior Engineer and subsequently as the Manager/Chief Engineer of the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Division in a well known Engineering Company in Colombo. He also worked as executive director of a Company which was the Re-seller for well known brand of Computers that originated in the United States.
Political career In 1989, he was invited by the United National Party to contest for parliamentary election from Anuradhapura District and was elected a Member of Parliament. In 1993 he was appointed as Project Minister of Science & Technology (Non-Cabinet rank) and worked with the Cabinet Minister of Industries, Science & Technology Ranil Wickremesinghe in the development of ICT, Industries, Science and Technology for Sri Lanka. In 1999 he contested at the North Central Provincial Council Election and was elected a Member of the council from the Anuradhapura District and served in the Council up until 2001. In 2001 he was appointed Director-General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) CA issued notice on Minister Kadirgamar in ABC suit. Tamil Net, Retrieved on 16 February 2004. Cross Connection. Lanka Business Online (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 23 July 2002. Regulatory activities on the increase the world over -Themiya Hurulle. Daily News (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 2 August 2003. where he served until 2004. In 2016 he was appointed to the Public Hearings Committee on Sri Lanka Constitutional Reform to report on the views of the general public on Constitutional Reform which was presented to the President, Prime Minister and the Parliament of Sri Lanka. PM appoints 24-member committee on constitutional reforms. Daily FT (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 29 December 2015. He currently serves as an independent, non executive Director in a well known Private Bank Board of Directors of Commercial Bank. Commercial Bank of Ceylon Website. Themiya Hurulle appointed to ComBank board. The Island (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 8 April 2017. and also serves on the Committee of The Anuradhapura Jayashrimahabodhi Development Committee which was created by an Act of Parliament in 2014.
Family Themiya Hurulle is married to Rukmalie Shalini Gomes the youngest daughter of G.B.S.Gomes and Ranee Wijewardene Gomes (G B S Gomes was the managing director of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited) Page 159 of Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976. Cambridge University Press. and initiated the lighting up of the Mihintale Stupa for Poson Poya which is even done presently. Mihintale Aloka pooja in retrospect. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 8 June 2014. Themiya has 3 daughters Aindri, Ranila and Gayani who are in the fields of Business & Supply Chain Management, Legal and Economics & Public Policy respectively. The history of the Hurulle Family dates back to King Mahasena's reign in Anuradhapura.
See also List of political families in Sri Lanka
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