Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the Governor of the North Western Province and as the Governors of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.
Abeywardana was born in 1955 to a political family in Matara District, in Southern Province, where his father held local and provincial leadership positions.
[2] Abeywardana has been a proponent of various micro-level development programs to enable the people to improve their quality of life.
His son Pasanda Yapa Abeywardana is a member of the Southern Provincial council.
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