P. P. Devaraj

Periannan Pillai Devaraj (born 21 February 1929) is a Sri Lankan politician and former minister of state.

[4] Devaraj was appointed as one of the CWC/UNP alliance's National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 1989 parliamentary election.

[2] He was appointed Minister of State for Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs on 18 February 1989.

However, he re-entered Parliament following the assassination of Ossie Abeygunasekera and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi on 24 October 1994.

[8] Devaraj was elected chairman of the Global Organization for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in 2007.