Mahendra Surasinghe Wijeratne (12 March 1934 - March 2011) was 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. He was the former Minister of Livestock Development and Milk Production; and Deputy Minister of Trade and Shipping. Wijeratne was elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

from

Mirigama Mirigama (also spelled Meerigama) ( si, මීරිගම; ta, மீரிகம) is a town in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located from Colombo, and from Negombo. Mirigama is the hometown of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister, D. S. Sen ...

having contested the 1977 general election from 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), ...

defeating J. P. Obeysekera. He was married to Mallika Wijeratne. They had three children. His son

Udena Wijerathna Udena Wijerathna is a Western Province Provincial Councillor in Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United National Party. Early childhood Udena who was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo is the youngest son of Mahendra Wijerathna former Minister ...

is a Member of

Western Provincial Council The Western Province ( si, බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ta, மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the c ...

and daughter Maheshi is a Consultant Neuro Surgeon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wijeratne, Mahendra Surasinghe 1934 births 2011 deaths Cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka United National Party politicians