Srimani Anoma Athulathmudali MP (née de Seram; 27 April 1946 – 1 December 2004) ( si, ශ්‍රීමණි අනෝමා අතුලමුදලි) was a Sri Lankan politician and a former government minister who held the position of minister of Environment, Transport and Women's Affairs under the Wijetunga cabinet appointed by the former Sri Lankan president, D.B. Wijetunga. She died of cancer in 2004.

Political career

Srimani Athulathmudali entered into politics after

Lalith Athulathmudali Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali, PC (; 26 November 1936 – 23 April 1993), known as Lalith Athulathmudali, was a Sri Lankan statesman. He was a prominent member of the United National Party, who served as Minister of Trade and Sh ...

was assassinated in the runup to provincial council elections in 1993. Srimani launched a new political party, Democratic United National Lalith Front which divided from the Democratic United National Front (DUNF) following the assassination of her husband, Lalith Athulathmudali on the 23rd of April, 1993 during an election campaign rally. She contested for the Colombo District at the August 1994 parliamentary elections and was appointed as the minister of Environment and Women's Affairs. She served as the Member of Parliament of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka from 25 August 1994 to 18 August 2000. She retired from politics in 2000 after losing the elections to

Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( si, චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග, ta, சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 Ju ...

Personal life

She married politician

in 1982. They had a daughter. Lalith met Srimani in 1978 when Srimani was attached to UNCTAD as a part of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

in Switzerland. Lalith Athulathmudali founded a political party called,

Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front ( si, ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ, pronounced ''Prajathanthrvadi Eksath Jathika Peramuna'', ta, ஜனநாயக ஐக்க� ...

after exiting 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), ...

. She established the Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation in 1993, a few months after the death of her husband.

Death

Srimanee Athulathmudali died of cancer on 1 December 2004. She was 58 years old.

References

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