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Keerthilatha Abeywickrama
Keerthilatha Premawathie Abeywickrama was a Sri Lankan politician and a Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Abeywickrama was the daughter of Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama and Catharina Liyanage from Morawaka, Sri Lanka. She joined the United National Party and was appointed as a Member of Parliament for the Deniyaya Electoral District on 11 September 1987 after her brother Keerthisena was killed in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament. She was the cousin of Sumanadasa Abeywickrama Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana. See also * List of political families in Sri Lanka This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka. Abdul Majeed * A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ... * Abeywickrama * List of United National Party MPs Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sri Lankan Politicians
The following is a list of Sri Lankan politicians. National President Prime Minister Speaker of the Parliament Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka) Cabinet Ministers Agriculture Ministers Defence Ministers Education Ministers Finance Ministers Foreign Ministers Health Ministers Home Affairs Ministers Housing Ministers Industries Ministers Justice Ministers Labour Ministers Post & Telecommunications Sports Ministers Trade Ministers Transport Ministers Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament 1st State Council of Ceylon 2nd State Council of Ceylon 1st Parliament of Ceylon 2nd Parliament of Ceylon 3rd Parliament of Ceylon 4th Parliament of Ceylon 5th Parliament of Ceylon 6th Parliament of Ceylon 7th Parliament of Ceylon 1st National State Assembly 2nd National State Assembly 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka 12th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akmeemana Electoral District
Akmeemana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Akmeemana in Galle District, Southern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...s. Akmeemana electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections. Members of Parliament Key Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960: 1960 (July) Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Legislators In Sri Lanka
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United National Party Politicians
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Sri Lankan Buddhists
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Sinhalese Politicians
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Members Of The 8th Parliament Of Sri Lanka
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List Of United National Party MPs
This is a list of United National Party MPs. It includes all parliamentarians that were elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the United National Party from 1946 to present day. The names in bold are the members of the party that became the President/Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. List of Parliamentarians A * Ossie Abeygunasekera * Ashoka Abeysinghe * Vajira Abeywardena * Keerthilatha Abeywickrama * Keerthi Abeywickrama * Sumanadasa Abeywickrama * A. R. A. M. Abubucker * M. L. Ahamed Fareeth * Lakshman Algama * Ranjith Aluwihare * Alick Aluwihare * Bernard Aluwihare * Wasantha Aluwihare * John Amaratunga * Sarath Amunugama (politician) * D. P. Atapattu * Lalith Athulathmudali * Tissa Attanayake * Gamini Atukorale * Thalatha Atukorale B * Bakeer Markar * M. D. Banda * R. M. Dharmadasa Banda * Nalin Bandara * Palitha Range Bandara * Ranjith Madduma Bandara * Indika Bandaranayake * Bandula Lal Bandarigoda * Harold Herath * Rohitha Bogollagama C * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeywickrama
Abeywickrama or Abeywickrema ( si, අබේවික්රම, translit=Abēvikrama) is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people * Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama (1886-1966), Ceylonese writer and poet * Dinesh Abeywickrama (born 1983), Sri Lankan businessman * Harsha Abeywickrama (born 1960), Sri Lankan aviator * Henry Abeywickrema (1905-1976), Ceylonese politician * Joe Abeywickrama Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama ( Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), popularly as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Initially famed ... (1927–2011), Sri Lankan actor * Keerthilatha Abeywickrama, Sri Lankan politician * Keerthisena Abeywickrama (1933-1987), Sri Lankan politician * Sanduni Abeywickrema (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer * Simon Abeywickrema (1903-1948), Ceylonese politician * Sumanadasa Abeywickrama (1928-2006), Sri Lankan politician See also * * {{Surname S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Political Families In Sri Lanka
This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka. Abdul Majeed * A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Parliament from 1960–1977. ** M. N. Abdul Majeed (1 January 1957 – ) Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, former Government Minister and Member of Parliament Abeyratne * Herath Banda Abeyratne – Member of Parliament for Yapahuwa (1977–1989), former Deputy Minister of Transport, former District Minister and former Provincial Council Member and Licensed Surveyor *Abeyratne Pilapitiya (25 May 1925 – ) 3rd Governor of Uva Province, 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province, Member of Parliament for Kalawana 1960, 1965, 1977–82, Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. * Abeyratne Ratnayaka – First Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumanadasa Abeywickrama
Sumanadasa Abeywickrama (5 February 1928 – 27 February 2006) was a Sri Lankan politician and a Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Abeywickrama was the son of Don Hendrick Abeywickrama, a Vidane Arachchi in Morawaka, Sri Lanka and Angelina (née Jayawickreme Wijetunge). He married Enid Dias Nagahawatta, former principal of the School of Nursing, Galle. They had three children. Abeywickrama joined the United National Party and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Akmeemana Electoral District at the 8th Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election in 1977. He served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development and Research in the Jayewardene cabinet. Abeywickrama contributed immensely to the development of the Galle District, particularly in his electorate. Under the village reawakening concept, he succeeded in building the highest number of housing units for homeless people in the area. Large housing projects like Amalgama and Apegama are examples of his efforts. In ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Sri Lanka
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ilaṅkai nāṭāḷumaṉṟam'') is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the island. It is modeled after the British Parliament. It consists of 225 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected by proportional representation for five-year terms, with universal suffrage. The President of Sri Lanka has the power to summon, suspend, prorogue, or terminate a legislative session and to dissolve the Parliament. President can dissolve Parliament only after the lapse of years or if majority of Members of Parliament requests him. The actions of the president to either suspend or dissolve the Parliament is subject to leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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