Sarath Muttetuwegama (29 December 1917 – 19 May 1986) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and communist politician. He was a

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from

Kalawana Kalawana ( si, කලවාන, ta, கலாவானா) is a town in the Ratnapura District of Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka. Kalawana is located approximately away from Ratnapura and {{convert, 100, km, abbr=on to the south-east of ...

. Born Sarathchandra Muttetuwegama to the

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, Muttetuwegama qualified as an advocate. A member of the

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, he unsuccessfully contested the March 1960,

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general elections from

Ratnapura Ratnapura (; ) ("City of Gems" in Sinhala and Tamil) is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Sabaragamuwa Province, as well as the Ratnapura District, and is a traditional centre for the Sri Lankan gem trade. It is located ...

. He was elected to parliament in the 1970 general election from

. He lost the 1977 general election to

Abeyratne Pilapitiya Abeyratne Bandara Herath Pilapitiya (born 25 May 1925) (known as ''Abeyratne Pilapitiya'') was a Sri Lankan politician who served as the 3rd Governor of Uva and 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa. Pilapitiya was first elected to parliament in ...

, however when Pilapitiya was unseated in an election petition, Muttetuwegama was elected in the

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at followed 1981. He was killed in a car crash in Ratnapura in 1986, while in office. He married Manouri de Silva, a barrister who was the daughter of Dr Colvin R. de Silva a leftist politician and lawyer.

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1935 births 1986 deaths Ceylonese advocates Communist Party of Sri Lanka politicians Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Sinhalese lawyers Sinhalese politicians {{SabaragamuwaLK-politician-stub