Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi

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Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (died 24 October 1994) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as mayor, congressman, and cabinet minister. He was in the United National Party government from 1990 to 1994.[1]

Quick Facts Hon., Member of Parliament for Colombo District Kolonnawa ...

Career

  • Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970–1971
  • Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962–1977
  • Member of Parliament 1977–1994
  • District Minister of Colombo 1978–1988
  • Minister of Petroleum Services 1988–1989
  • State Minister of Industries 1989–1990

Death

His political life was cut short when he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Ministers who served the Co-operative sector from the inception of the Co-operative business in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 4 May 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Jane's Sentinel examines the success of the LTTE in resisting the Sri Lankan forces". Jane's Sentinel. 4 September 2000. Archived from the original on 15 August 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2018.


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