Jude Perera is the State Member for Cranbourne District in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Perera was born in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

, and received a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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 from the University of Jaffna

University of Jaffna

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. He became a market researcher and held IT

Information technology

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 positions in Sri Lanka, New Zealand

New Zealand

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and Australia.

Perera was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 2002 and has served on the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee 2003-06 and has been Chair of the Family and Community Development Committee since September 2007. He is the Secretary of the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of India. It has been reported by several media outlets that both sides of the house find it hard to understand him in the legislative assemble.

External links

• http://www.judeperera.com