Ahangama Withanage Oswin Nandimithra Abeyagoonasekera (known as ''Ossie Abeygunasekera'') was a

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 ...

and chairman and the leader of the

Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (SLMP; Sri Lanka People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka, founded in 1984 by Vijaya Kumaranatunga. History 1980s Vijaya Kumaranatunga founded the party in 1984 and led it until his assassination in 198 ...

or Party. He was assassinated by a

female suicide bomber Female suicide bombers are women who carry out a suicide attack, wherein the bomber kills herself while simultaneously killing targeted people. Suicide bombers are normally viewed as male political radicals but since the 1960s female suicide attac ...

of the

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

(LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of

Gamini Dissanayake Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake, PC (known as Gamini Dissanayake; si, ලයනල් ගාමිණි දිසානායක, ta, காமினி திஸாநாயக்க; 20 March 1942 – 24 Octob ...

, for the Presidential election of 1994. He was an alumnus of Ananda College, St.Benedict's College

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 ...

. He was arrested as a Naxalite Prisoner in 1982 along with

Vijaya Kumaratunga Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga ( si, කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග; ta, விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), popularly known as Vijaya ...

for printing the "Rice ration book". In 1986, he negotiated with the LTTE for a peaceful solution for the ethnic conflict and for the release of the Sri Lankan soldiers who was captured. After the death of his close friend

, founder of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party, he became the leader in 1988 until his death in 1994. He contested the Presidential election in 1989, creating the United Socialist Alliance(USA). During the 1989 youth insurrection in Sri Lanka, there were several failed assassination attempts to his life. His political party lost the most members, 114 lives , during the insurrection. He was an excellent orator and a visionary political leader. In 1994 he was elected to parliament under the United National Party ticket. Ossie Abeyagunasekera's father, A. W. A. Abeyagunasekera, was also a politician, member of the

Colombo Municipal Council The Colombo Municipal Council is the municipal governing body of Colombo, the largest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Colombo, current elect is Rosy Senanayake, and 119 elected 119 muni ...

and the Chairman of

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. A.W.A. Abeyagunasekera defeated in the

Kelaniya Kelaniya ( si, කැලණිය ta, களனி) is a suburb of Colombo in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is known for the Buddhist temple built on the banks of the Kelani River, which divides the suburb from Colombo District. The templ ...

by R. S. Perera in the 1960s. A. W. A. Abeyagunasekera died in the

Air India Flight 855 Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Santa Cruz Airport, Bombay to Dubai International Airport, Dubai. On New Years Day in 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed about off the coast of Bandra, Bombay (now Mum ...

crash in Mumbai. Ossie Abeyagunasekera was married with one child, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, who was the founding Director General of the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka.

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The 2nd landing of parachuteMy father Ossie by Asanga Abeyagoonasekeraඔසී යනු මේ රටේ කම්කරු පංති ව්‍යාපාරයේ දැවැන්ත පිබිදීමක් තුලින් බිහි වූ අපේක්ෂකයෙකි
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abeyagoonasekera, Ossie 1950 births 1994 deaths Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War Sinhalese politicians Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1994 United National Party politicians

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