Rasnayake Mudiyanselage Sanjeeva Bandara Kaviratne (20 September 1969 – 16 March 2014) 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 who was a member of the

Central Provincial Council The Central Province ( si, මධ්‍යම පළාත ''Madhyama Paḷāta'', ta, மத்திய மாகாணம் ''Madhdhiya Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of th ...

and member of

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

. Sanjeewa Kaviratne was born in

Rattota Rattota is a town in Sri Lanka, located within Matale District, Central Province. The population of the town, according to the 2012 census, was 1,761. Local Government Council Rattota is governed by the Rattota Pradeshiya Sabha. Banks There are ...

on 20 September 1969, the son of the former Minister of Cultural Affairs, Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Punchi Banda Kaviratne. He received his education at St. Thomas' College, Matale and then

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 ...

. He entered politics through the Central Provincial Council Election 1993. He married Rohini née Banda, the daughter of the former Minister of Agriculture, K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda, on 27 May 1994. He emerged victorious at the 12th parliamentary elections, held on 5 December 2001, entering 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� ...

representing the Matale District. He failed to get re-elected at the 2004 parliamentary elections, held on 2 April 2004, but stood and was elected back onto the Central Provincial Council at the 2004 provisional council elections held on 20 July. Kaviratne represented the Central Provincial Council as the opposition media spokesperson and the main organiser of the Dambulla Electorate, Matale. He died at Kandy General Hospital, following a heart attack, on 16 March 2014, at the age of 44.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaviratne, Sanjeeva 1969 births 2014 deaths Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Central Provincial Council Sinhalese politicians United National Party politicians