Keerthilatha Premawathie Abeywickrama was a Sri Lankan politician and a Member of the

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� ...

. Abeywickrama was the daughter of Padikara Muhandiram

Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama Keerthisena Chandradasa Abeywickrama (20 December 1933 – 18 August 1987) was a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the parliament. Abeywickrama was the son of Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama and Catharina Abeywickrama ...

and Catharina Liyanage from

Morawaka Morawaka ( si, මොරවක) is a small town in the Matara District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka, a centre of Ceylon tea plantations and rice paddies. Additionally, Morawaka is said to have gem resources. Located at an elevation of , a ...

, Sri Lanka. She joined the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

and was appointed as a Member of Parliament for the

Deniyaya Electoral District Deniyaya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Deniyaya in Matara District, Southern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the p ...

on 11 September 1987 after her brother Keerthisena was killed in the

1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament The 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament is an attack that took place on August 18, 1987, when an assailant hurled two grenades into a room where Members of Parliament were meeting. The grenades bounced off the table at which Sri Lank ...

. She was the cousin of Sumanadasa Abeywickrama Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana.

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Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists United National Party politicians Women legislators in Sri Lanka Possibly living people Year of birth missing {{SriLanka-politician-stub

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