Sir Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena, born September 3, 1986, is a British Conservative politician who represents North East Hampshire in Parliament and who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2022 under Boris Johnson. He served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September 6 to October 25, 2022, during Liz Truss's brief premiership, succeeding George Eustice, and entered the post with no direct farming background.
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Defining ContributionServed under Prime Minister Liz Truss as UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2022. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Sir Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (born 3 September 1986) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire from 2015 until 2024.
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Sir Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (born 3 September 1986) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire from 2015 until 2024.
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He served under Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2022.
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