Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
Hon. Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi | |
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Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation ) | |
Member of Parliament for Colombo District Kolonnawa | |
In office 25 August 1977 – 24 October 1994 | |
Preceded by | T. B. Ilangaratne |
Succeeded by | Bennet Cooray |
Majority | 5300 votes |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 November 1929 Kandy Central province |
Died | 24 October 1994(1994-10-24) (aged 64) Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka |
Manner of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse | Prema Mallimaratchi |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | 10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa |
Alma mater | Ananda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy |
Profession | Politician |
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (6 November 1929 - 24 October 1994) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as mayor, congressman, and cabinet minister. He was in the United National Party government from 1990 until his assassination.[1]
Career
- Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970–1971
- Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962–1977
- Member of Parliament 1977–1994
- District Minister of Colombo 1978–1988
- Minister of Petroleum Services 1988–1989
- State Minister of Industries 1989–1990
Death
His political life was cut short when he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994.[2]
See also
- List of political families in Sri Lanka
- 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
- List of members of the Sri Lankan Parliament who died in office
References
- ^ "Ministers who served the Co-operative sector from the inception of the Co-operative business in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 4 May 2011.
- ^ "Jane's Sentinel examines the success of the LTTE in resisting the Sri Lankan forces". Jane's Sentinel. 4 September 2000. Archived from the original on 15 August 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
External links
- Colombo Young Poets' Association
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Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo
- (1989 – 1994): Lalith Athulathmudali (Until 1993)
- Sirisena Cooray
- Stanley Tillekeratne
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Jinadasa Niyathapala
- C. V. Gunaratne
- Bandula Gunawardane
- Dickson Sarathchandra Dela
- Gamini Lokuge
- M. H. Mohamed
- Tyronne Fernando
- Premaratne Gunasekera
- Vincent Perera
- Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
- Kingsley Wickramaratne
- Nimal Siripala de Silva
- Sunethra Ranasinghe
- M. S. Sellasamy
- Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader
- Nimal Ransiri Peiris
- (1994 – 2000): Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Srimani Athulathmudali
- C. V. Gunaratne (Until 2000)
- Nimal Siripala de Silva
- Ossie Abeygunasekera (Until 1994)
- Replaced by P. P. Devaraj
- Jeewan Kumaranatunga
- Kingsley Wickramaratne
- A. H. M. Fowzie
- Nawalaage Benet Cooray
- Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
- Susil Moonesinghe
- Indika Gunawardena
- Amal Senalankadikara
- Bernard Soysa
- Gamini Lokuge
- Karunasena Kodituwakku
- M. H. Mohamed
- Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (Until 1994)
- Replaced by R. Yogarajan
- Tyronne Fernando
- Gunasekara Premaratne
- (2000 – 2001): Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Ravi Karunanayake
- G. L. Peiris
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- A. H. M. Fowzie
- Jeewan Kumaranatunga
- Bandula Gunawardane
- Indika Gunawardena
- Mohamed Mahroof
- Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
- Chandana Kathriarachchci
- Karunasena Kodituwakku
- Gamini Lokuge
- M. H. Mohamed
- Lilantha Perera
- Tyronne Fernando
- Jayantha Ketagoda
- Samson Silva
- Wimal Weerawansa
- Nimal Fernando
- (2001 – 2004): Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Milinda Moragoda
- Ravi Karunanayake
- A. H. M. Fowzie
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Susil Premajayantha
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Mohamed Mahroof
- Karunasena Kodituwakku
- Jeewan Kumaranatunga
- Gamini Lokuge
- Bandula Gunawardane
- M. H. Mohamed
- Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
- Chandana Kathriarachchci
- Mano Ganesan
- Jayantha Ketagoda
- Tyronne Fernando
- Lilantha Perera
- Wimal Weerawansa
- Sunil Handunnetti
- (2004 – 2010): Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Wimal Weerawansa
- Sunil Handunnetti
- Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
- Susil Premajayantha
- Milinda Moragoda
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Ravi Karunanayake
- M. H. Mohamed
- T. Maheswaran (Until 2008)
- Replaced by Mohamed Rajabdeen
- Bandula Gunawardane
- Mohamed Mahroof
- Gamini Lokuge
- Jeewan Kumaranatunga
- Mano Ganesan
- A. H. M. Fowzie
- Uduwe Dhammaloka
- Kotapola Amarakitti
- Kataluwe Ratanasiya (Until 2004)
- Replaced by Akmeemana Dayarathana
- (2010 – 2015): Wimal Weerawansa
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Duminda Silva
- Champika Ranawaka
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Sarath Fonseka (Until 2010)
- Replaced by Jayantha Ketagoda (From 2011)
- Sunil Handunnetti
- Ravi Karunanayake
- Mohan Lal Grero
- Rosy Senanayake
- Bandula Gunawardane
- Thilanga Sumathipala
- Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
- Susil Premajayantha
- Sujeewa Senasinghe
- A. H. M. Fowzie
- Jeewan Kumaranatunga
- Gamini Lokuge
- Praba Ganesan
- (2015 – Present): Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Wimal Weerawansa
- Udaya Gammanpila
- Susil Premajayantha
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Sujeewa Senasinghe
- Harsha de Silva
- Ravi Karunanayake
- Champika Ranawaka
- Bandula Gunawardane
- Saidulla Marikkar
- Mujibur Rahman
- Eran Wickramaratne
- Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
- Hirunika Premachandra
- Mano Ganesan
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- Mohan Lal Grero
- Gamini Lokuge
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