Member of Parliament from 1977 to 1994
Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970-1971
Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962-1977
District Minister of Colombo 1978-1988
Minister of Petroleum Services 1988-1989
State Minister of Industries 1989-1990
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (died 24 October 1994) was the
Cabinet
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Minister of Food / Co-operative and Janasaviya) of
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), ...
government from 1990-94. He was elected to parliament in 1977 & re-elected in 1989 and in 1994 from the Kolonnawa electorate in Colombo district in the
Parliamentary election of 1994. But his political life was cut short when he was assassinated by a
female suicide bomber
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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.
See also
*
List of political families in Sri Lanka
This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Majeed
* A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ...
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1929 births
1994 deaths
Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians
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Government ministers of Sri Lanka
Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War
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