Soma Kumari Tennakoon (18 June 1960 – 24 September 2009) 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 from the

Kurunegala District Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Consists of and consists 30 Divisional Secretariats, 1610 Grama Niladari Divisions and 4476 total Villages. It consists of 14 Electorate Divisions, 02 Municipal Council, 19 Urban C ...

. She was a former member of 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� ...

and served as a top member of the Wayamba Provincial Council representing the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

. She also held the title of chairman of Laksala. At the time of her death, she was visiting

Hambantota Hambantota ( si, හම්බන්තොට, ta, அம்பாந்தோட்டை) is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri LankaThe prominent Malays (මැලේ) most part of the population is to be partly des ...

in order to help the Southern Provincial council elections. She was the daughter of

Mudiyanse Tennakoon Mudiyanse Tennakoon (born 16 June 1934 - 11 December 1991) was a Ceylonese politician, colloquially known as Podi Putha (youngest son). He received his primary education at Maho Central School and his secondary education at S. Thomas' College, ...

who was a member of parliament, from 1956 to 1977.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090108221727/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/12/15/news31.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennakoon, Soma Kumari 1958 births 2009 deaths Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka Women legislators in Sri Lanka 21st-century Sri Lankan women politicians 20th-century Sri Lankan women politicians