This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the

Ananda College ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colom ...

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

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 ...

Heads of State

Gotabaya Rajapaksa Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa ( si, නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; ta, நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan militar ...

- 7th

President of Sri Lanka The President of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi''; ta, இலங்கை சனாதிபதி ''Ilankai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of t ...

Heads of Government

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ( si, රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක, ta, ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Mi ...

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president, wh ...

(2000—2001, 2005—2010)

National politics

Heads of Legislature

Ministers and legislators

Current

;Government benches ;Opposition benches

Former

Ossie Abeygunasekara Ahangama Withanage Oswin Nandimithra Abeyagoonasekera (known as ''Ossie Abeygunasekera'') was a Member of Parliament and chairman and the leader of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya or Party. He was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the ...

– former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party *

Thomas Amarasuriya Thomas Amarasuriya, OBE (17 June 1907 – 5 May 1979) was a Ceylonese planter and politician. He was a member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon. He was the first Ceylonese Chairman of the Planters Association a ...

– former Member of the

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; President of the

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* D. P. Atapattu – former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70 *

R. M. Dharmadasa Banda Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Dharmadasa Banda (7 February 1938 – 23 October 2010), known commonly as R. M. Dharmadasa Banda, was a Sri Lankan teacher, lawyer and politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former cabinet minister. H ...

– ex minister of Agriculture *

Rohitha Bogollagama Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama (born 6 August 1954) (known as ''Rohitha Bogollagama'') (Sinhala language, Sinhala: රෝහිත බෝගොල්ලාගම, ta, ரோகித போகோல்லாகம) is a Sri Lankan po ...

– former minister of Foreign Affairs; former Member of Parliament * General Sarath Fonseka – leader of Democratic Party; former Member of Parliament *

Tudor Gunasekara Ranasinghe Hettiarachchige Tudor Edward Ranasinghe Gunasekara (23 January 1935 – 29 August 2021), known as Tudor Gunasekara (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ටියුඩර් ගුණසේකර), was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat. He ...

– former

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for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha; first Sri Lankan

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and

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(note: also listed in "Diplomats") * Philip Gunawardena – served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries * Indradasa Hettiarachchi – former Minister of Industries *

I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla Imiya Mudiyanselage Raphael Abhayawansa Iriyagolle (3 January 1907 – 7 January 1973) was a Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet minister who served as Minister of Education between 1965 and 1970. Early life and education Iriyagolle was born 3 ...

– former Minister of Education *

D. D. Athulathmudali Don Daniel Athulathmudali (23 February 1901 – 10 November 1958) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Don Daniel Athulathmudali was born on 23 February 1901 in Pasdun Korale to Don William Athulathmudali and Wijayagunawardena. He was educated ...

– former Senator *

Prins Gunasekera Prins Gunasekera (17 July 1924 – 29 December 2018) was a Ceylonese politician, who represented the Habaraduwa electorate in the Galle district. Gunasekera was born on 17 July 1924 in Kataluwa, a village in Habaraduwa. He was educated at the K ...

– former Member of the Parliament * Lakshman Jayakody – former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister; Presidential advisor *

V. G. W. Ratnayake Victor Garvin Weerawardana Ratnayake Order of the British Empire, MBE (10 August 1908 – 10 April 1994) was a Sri Lankan tea planter and politician. Victor Garvin Weerawardana Ratnayake was born on 10 August 1908, at Pallegama Deniyaya, the eldest ...

– former Sri Lankan MP * P. B. G. Kalugalla – former Minister of Finance * Wickremabahu Karunaratne – leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District * P. Kumarasiri- former Member of the Parliament * Sanjeewa Kavirathna – former Member of Parliament; Member of Central Provincial council; Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician *

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Member of Parliament from 1977 to 1994 Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970-1971 Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962-1977 District Minister of Colombo 1978-1988 Minister of Petroleum Services 1988-1989 State Minister of Industries 1989-1990 Weerasinghe Mall ...

– former Colombo District Minister; Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa) *

Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Imthiaz Bakeer Markar ( si, ඉම්තියාස් බාකීර් මාකාර් (born 8 August 1953) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the National List of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, he was a ...

– former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications *

V. Navaratnam Vaithianathan Navaratnam (25 October 1910 – 22 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Navaratnam was born on 25 October 1910. He was the son of Vaithianathan from Karampon o ...

– former Member of Parliament *

Herbert Sri Nissanka Herbert Sri Nissanka, QC (also known as ''Nissanka Herbert Mendis'') (7 December 1898 – 26 February 1954) was a Ceylonese lawyer and legislator. Elected to the first post-independence parliament, he was one of the founding members of the Sri ...

– former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament *

C. E. Attygalle Cyril Eugene Attygalle (6 February 1905 – 30 April 1980) was a Ceylonese politician. Cyril Eugene Attygalle was born 6 February 1905 in Weralupe, Ratnapura, the sixth in a family of eleven (nine sons and two daughters), to Don Louis Atty ...

– former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament *

N. M. Perera Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera, commonly known as Dr. N. M. Perera ( Sinhala එන්.එම්.පෙරේරා ; 6 June 1904 – 14 August 1979), was one of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He w ...

– founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance *

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra ( Sinhala: භාරත ලක්ෂ්මන් ප්‍රේමචන්ද්‍ර) (26 January 1956 – 8 October 2011) also known as "Lucky Aiya", was a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliam ...

– former Member of Parliament *

V. Karalasingham Vaithianathan Karalasingham ( ta, வைத்தியநாதன் காராளசிங்கம்; July 1921 – 8 September 1983) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, writer, politician and one of the leading members of the Lanka Sama Sama ...

– former lawyer, writer; politician *

Basil Rajapaksa Basil Rajapaksa (born 27 April 1951) is a Sri Lankan-American politician. He is a former Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for the national list. He was also a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from 2007 to 2015. During the period ...

– former Minister of Economic Development; Member of Parliament *

former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament *

– former Secretary of Defense *

Suranimala Rajapaksha Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha ( Sinhala:සුරනිමල රාජපක්ෂ) (5 January 1949 – 14 March 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician. Rajapaksha was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1994 and h ...

– former Minister of School Education *

Lalitha Rajapakse Sir Lalitha Abhaya Rajapaksa, QC (born Louis Alexander Rajapakse; 3 May 1900 – 25 May 1976) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Minister of Justice of Ceylon and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and educatio ...

– former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the

; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to

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; High Commissioner to the

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* N. R. Rajavarothiam – Ceylon Tamil politician; former Member of Parliament * Bimal Rathnayaka – former Member of Parliament *

Dharmasiri Senanayake Dharmasiri Alwis Senanayake (30 March 1933 – 24 July 2000) was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament. Early life and education Born in Patthanduwana, Minuwangoda to Senanayake Seneviratne Wasala Mudalige Don David Senanayake ...

– former Cabinet Minister of Media, Tourism and Civil Aviation; General Secretary of the

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

* William de Silva – former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to

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T. B. Subasinghe Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Subasinghe (14 August 1913 – 10 August 1995) was a Sri Lankan statesman. He was the 7th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union He also served as Parliamentary S ...

– former Speaker of the Parliament; Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs * Dingiri Bandara Welagedara – former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation; former Governor of North Central Province *

S. A. Wickramasinghe Dr. Sugiswara Abeywardena Wickramasinghe (13 April 1900 – 25 August 1981) was the founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka. He was the first Leftist to be elected to Ceylon State Council in 1931. He gave up all his wealth and comforts ...

– former senator; founder of the

Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, ''Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya'' ta, இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, trans ...

V. Yogeswaran Vettivelu Yogeswaran ( ta, வெற்றிவேலு யோகேஸ்வரன்; 5 February 1934 – 13 July 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Yogeswaran was born 5 Febru ...

– former Member of Parliament * S. K. K. Suriarachchi - former Member of Sri Lankan Parliament * G. K. W. Perera - Former Member of the Ceylon State Council * K. D. David Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament * Siri Andrahennady - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament *

Bernard Soysa Bernard Soysa (20 March 1914 - 30 December 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician. Early life and education Bernard Soysa was born 20 March 1914 in Colombo, Ceylon. He attended the Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, S. Thomas' College, Mount Lav ...

- Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament *

Noel Wimalasena Deshamanya Noel Wimalasena (23 March 1914 – 5 May 1994) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and the first Governor of Sabaragamuwa. Early life and education Nanediri Wimalasena was born on 23 March 1914 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He attended An ...

- Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament *

Piyasena Tennakoon Piyasena Tennakoon (3 June 1917 – 25 February 1982) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Tennakoon was educated at Ananda College, Colombo. Following which he graduated from the Ceylon Law College and became an advocate. He was appointed as ...

- Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament *

- Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament * S. A. Peeris - Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament *

- Former Member of the Sri Lankan parliament from Kandy District * G. K. W. Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament * Sanjeeva Kaviratne - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament * Dayasena Pasqual - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament * K. D. David Perera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament *

- Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament * J. D. Weerasekera - Former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament

Judiciary

;Chief Justice *

G. P. S. de Silva G. P. S. de Silva is a Sri Lankan judge who served as the 40th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1991 and was Chief Justice until 1999. He was succeeded by Sarath N. Silva. References Chief justices of Sri Lanka ...

- Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, Sri Lanka Sreshthadikaranaya; ta, இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், Ilankai uyar neetimanram) is th ...

Arthur Wijewardena Sir Edwin Arthur Lewis Wijewardena, King's Counsel, KC (21 March 1887 – 1964) was the 28th Chief Justice of Ceylon. Educated at Ananda College, Ananda College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Wijewardena graduated from Univer ...

- Chief Justice of the

;Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court * - Associate Justice of the

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, architect of the first Constitution of

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in 1947 * - Former Puisne Justice of the

* - Former Puisne Justice of the

* - Puisne Justice of the

, former President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

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Ananda college ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colom ...