Gitanjana Gunawardena is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n politician and former member of
Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
and former minister. He is a Chartered Engineer by profession.
Personal life
Born 24 February 1952 as son of
Philip Gunawardena
Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena (11 January 1901 – 26 March 1972) was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and leftist. A founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the first political party in Ceylon which was known for having introduced Trotskyi ...
and
Kusuma Amarasinha, and brother of
Indika
Indika may refer to:
* An alternate name of Megasthenes' ''Indica''
People
* Indika Anuruddha, Sri Lankan politician
* Indika Bandaranayake (b. 1972), Sri Lankan politician
* Indika Basnayake (b. 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Indika Batuwitara ...
(Ex-Cabinet Minister),
Prasanna (Ex-Mayor of Colombo), Lakmali (State Award Winner of literature), &
Dinesh
Dinesh (Devanagari: ') is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of ' 'day' and ' 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an epithet of the Sun. Notable people with the name include:
* Dinesh, Indian film actor
* Dinesh Baboo, Ind ...
(Cabinet Minister & Leader of the House – Parliament).
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 ...
References
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Living people
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna politicians
United People's Freedom Alliance politicians
1952 births
Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Deputy speakers and chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
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