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List of political families in Sri Lanka

January 05, 2023

This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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 Parliament from 1960–1977.[1]
    • M. N. Abdul Majeed (1 January 1957 – ) Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, former Government Minister and Member of Parliament[2]

Abeyratne

  • Herath Banda Abeyratne – Member of Parliament for Yapahuwa (1977–1989),[3] former Deputy Minister of Transport, former District Minister and former Provincial Council Member and Licensed Surveyor
  • Abeyratne Pilapitiya (25 May 1925 – ) 3rd Governor of Uva Province, 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province, Member of Parliament for Kalawana 1960, 1965, 1977–82, Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.[4][5]
  • Abeyratne Ratnayaka – First Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon, former Member of Parliament and State Council.[6]
  • Pathirage Don Abeyratne (26 November 1952 – ) Member of 5th Provincial Council of Kalutara, Member of Parliament for Kalutara 1989 and 2000, Chief Organiser for Horana.
  • Lloyd Oscar Abeyratne – appointed member of Parliament (1960–64)
  • Rohana Abeyratne – Postmaster General of Sri Lanka[7] (2012–2018)

Abeywickrama

Abeywickrema

Aluthgamage

Aluwihare

  • Sir Richard Aluwihare, Inspector General of Police and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India
  • Bernard Aluwihare (6 April 1902 – 22 January 1961) State Counsellor (1936–47), Member of Parliament (1952, 1960–61), Cabinet Minister[21][22][23][24][25]
    • Alick Aluwihare, (20 December 1926 – 17 May 2009) Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament[26][27]
      • Wasantha Aluwihare (16 July 1962 – ) Member of Parliament, former chief minister of Central Province, Deputy Minister.[28]
      • Ranjith Aluwihare (5 May 1958 – ) Member of Parliament for Matale District, former Opposition Leader, Matale Municipal Council[29]
      • Prasanna Kumara Aluwihare, Member of Pradeshiya saba Matale, former National javelin record holder / National Kabadi player / First class cricketer, Government Sports officer
  • Loku Banda Aluvihare former Mayor of Kandy

Amarasuriya

Ref:[30]

  • Mahendrapala Thomas de Silva Amarasuriya, Muhandiram

Amunugama

Ashraff

Atapattu

Ref:[46]

  • Don Johannes Atapattu + Kadawedduwage Dona Carolina Wijekoon
    • D. P. Atapattu (1899–1976), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Daya Dahanayake
      • Ranjit Atapattu Government Minister, Member of Parliament.[47][48]
        • Druvindra Atapattu contestant in 2009 General Election

(also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku)

Atukorale

Athulathmudali

Ref:[52]

Attanayake

  • Attanayake Mudiyanselage Jayawardena Attanayake (Member of Parliament, Moneragala District 1970 and 1994) and Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya

Attygalle

Ref:[57]


Balasuriya

  • Punchi Banda Balasuriya (1907–1978), UC Chairman (1948–1967), Member of Parliament (1960–1965, 1970–1977) + Hema Balasuriya
    • Dr. Jagath Balasuriya, Provincial Council Member (1988–1989), Member of Parliament (1989–1994), Deputy Minister of Cooperative (1994–2000), Deputy Minister of Urban Development (2001–2002), Governor North Central (2004–2008), Deputy Minister of Labor (2010–2011), Cabinet Minister for National Heritage (2011–2015) + Kumari Balasuriya, Governor Southern Province (2008–2015)[62][63]

Bandara

  • Chandra Bandara Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Bandaranaike

Main article: Bandaranaike family

Ref:[67]

 
Horagolla Walauwa, Atthanagalla. family seat of the Bandaranaike family

(also related to Ratwatte family, Ellawala family, William Gopallawa, S. D. Bandaranayake, A.R. Udugama, Panini Ilangakoon, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Jeewan Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake)

Bakeer Markar

Bulankulame

  • Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe,(12 December 1890 – 17 December 1958) Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture and Lands), Minister of Lands and Land Development[84][85][86][87]

(Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle)

    • Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (19 January 1919 – 6 April 2009), Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor, Central Province, High Commissioner in Australia, Governor, North Central Province[88][89] (Nephew of P.B. Bulankulame Dissawe)
      • Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle, (16 March 1952– ), Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science and Technology), Member, North Central Provincial Council, Director-General of Telecommunications, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.), Engineer (A.C.&R.) (Son of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle)

Cooray

  • Mervyn J. Cooray (16 July 1938 – 15 January 2011) former State Minister of Power and Energy, member of Parliament
    • Devapriya Cooray
    • Sujith Cooray former Provincial Councilor of the Western Provincial Council, member of parliament

Coomaraswamy

Ref:[90]

Corea

  • Victor Corea – founder Member of the Ceylon National Congress, elected to the Legislative Council, founder Chilaw Association, President Ceylon Labour Union
    • Dr. C.V.S. Corea – Medical Doctor
      • Dr. Gamani Corea – (1974 to 1984) Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs of Ceylon and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon[98][99]
  • Charles Edgar Corea – elected to the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924), Chair/founder Chilaw Association.
    • Shirley Corea, (1906–1974) Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon, Member of Parliament for Chilaw, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Fisheries.[100]

(Also related to)

  • Sir Claude Corea – Minister of Labour 1946, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK, Ceylon's Ambassador in the US, President of the United Nations Security Council, Ceylon's Ambassador at the United Nations

(Also related to) Dr. Gamani Corea, Ambassador, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Ernest Corea, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America Kumari Corea, Provincial Councillor, NWP.

Dahanayake

Dissanayake

Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker of the Parliament,[107] Government Minister, Member of Parliament – Father in law of Navin Dissanayake

Dissanayake

  • Berty Premalal Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of North Central Province + Jayani Tissera Dissanayake
    • Duminda Dissanayake (1979 – ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Senani Lanka Jayaratne

De Mel

(cousins)

(Also related to Sir Leo Fernando, Member of Parliament (father in law of Ronnie de Mel))

De Silva

(cousins)

  • Dr Colvin R. de Silva, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Manouri Muttetuwegama, Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka + Sarath Muttetuwegama, Member of Parliament (son in law of Colvin R. de Silva)

Dunuwille

  • B. H. Dunuwille (1896 – ), Deputy President of the Senate,[114] Proctor, Notary Public
  • Harindra Dunuwille (1946 – ) member of Parliament, State Minister of State and Constitutional Affairs, member of Kandy Municipal Council, Mayor of Kandy and Attorney- at Law[115][116]
  • D. S. Senanayake (1883–1952) 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka was married to Molly Dunuwille[117]
  • Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973) 2nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka,[118] son of Molly Dunuwille and D. S. Senanayake

Ekanayake

  • T. B. Ekanayake (1954 – ), Member of Parliament -Kurunegala (1994–2000, 2001–present). Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010., Deputy Minister Education (2010–2015)
  • Sarath Ekanayake – 7th and current Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka[119]
  • Nandimithra Ekanayake – Member of Parliament (1989–2015); Chief Minister of Central Province (1999–2000); Minister of Environmental and Forest Resources (1996–1999)[120]
  • Niluka Ekanayake – Governor of Central Province (2016–present)[121][122]
  • E. M. R. B. Ekanayake (?-1962), Member of Parliament – Mawatagama (1960)
  • S. B. Ekanayake (1906–1977), Member of Parliament – Soranatota (1960–1965)
  • Herath Ekanayake (1927–1971), Member of Parliament – Mawatagama (1965–1970)

Ellawala

(also related to Ratwatte family, Bandaranaike family)

Gamage (Kekirawa)

Gamage

Ganesan

Gopallawa

Ref:[135]

(also related to Ratwatte)

Gunasekara (Heiyantuduwa, Biyagama)

  • Tudor Gunasekara – former Member of Parliament for Mahara,[139] former District Minister for Gampaha, former Sri Lanka ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary
    • Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne – former Councillor of Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council, Ex-Acting Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy (son-in-law of Tudor Gunasekara)

Gunasekera (Udugampola, Minuwangoda)

  • Bennet Gunasekera – Member of Parliament for Minuwangoda from 1977 to 1988
    • Mahen Gunasekera – Minister for Legal Reforms and Prison Affairs – Member of Parliament for Gampaha District (1989–1994)

Gunasekera (Ratnayake Mudiyanselage)

Gunawardena (Boralugoda Ralahamy)

Ref:[140]

Gunewardane

  • Lionel Gunewardena, Deputy Minister
    • Sarana Gunewardane, Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
    • Chandrika Gunewardane, Provincial Councillor + Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya, Member of Parliament, Provincial Council Chairman
    • Lakshman Gunewardane, Urban Councillor

Hewavitarne-Moonesinghe

Ref:[149]

  • Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (1809–1890), President of the Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder President of the Buddhism Protection Committee, founder of the Vidyodaya Pirivena and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka[150]
    • Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (1846–1936), President Women's Education Society + Don Carolis Hewavitarne (1833–1906) founder member of Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder member of the Buddhist Defence Committee and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
      • Anagarika Dharmapala (Don David Hewavitarne) (1864–1933), Leader of the Buddhist revival movement
      • Dona Engeltina Hewavitarne (1865–1902) + Jacob Moonesinghe, a leader of the Buddhist revival movement
        • Sanath Moonesinghe
        • Piyadas Moonesinghe (1896–1969) + Beatrice Wijegoonewardena de Silva Senanayaka (1900–1989)
          • Anil Moonesinghe (1927–2002), Deputy Speaker, Minister of Communications, Member of Parliament, trade unionist, Ambassador in Vienna[152]
          • Susil Moonesinghe (1930–2012), first Chief Minister of the Western Province, Member of Parliament, Ambassador in Tehran
      • Edmund Hewavitarne (1870–1915), convicted of treason, died in British custody[153] + Sujatha Peiris
      • Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitarne (1876–1929), leader in the Buddhist revival movement[155]

Hurulle

  • Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (1919–2009), Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor (Central Province), High Commissioner in Australia, Governor (North Central Province).[88][89]
  • Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (1952 – ), Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science and Technology), Member,(North Central Provincial Council), Director-General, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.), Engineer (AC&R)[156][157][158][159]
  • Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe, Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture), Minister of Lands and Land Development, Proctor, Notary Public and Captain (Cricket ),1919–1920, St.Thomas’ College, Mt.Lavinia[84](Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle)
  • Harindra Dunuwille (1946 – ), Member of Parliament, State Minister of State and Constitutional Affairs, Member, Kandy Municipal Council, Mayor of Kandy, Attorney at Law (son-in-law of E. L. B. Hurulle)

Ilangaratne

Jayewardene

Ref:[161]

Jayaratne

  • S. D. R. Jayaratne, Government Deputy Minister (1931 - 2008) (Former Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Fisheries) and Member of Parliament for Chilaw(1960 to 2000)
    • Piyankara Jayaratne (1964- ),Forigen Employment Development Minister, Civil Aviation Minister (former Deputy Speaker/ former State Minister law and Order, former State Minister Local Government, former State Minister Indiginous Medicine), former Deputy Minister Youth Affairs and Member of Parliament[172][173]

Jayaratne (Doluwa, Gampola)

Hon. Jayarathne's daughter had married to Duminda Dissanayake, government minister. After the broken of the marriage the daughter has married Mahindananda Aluthgamage, government minister.

Jayatilaka

Kariapper

Ref:[174][175]

  • Marikkar Vedarala
    • Haji Marikkar Muhandiram – Dissawa of Wellassa, d:1817
      • Neina Marikkar
        • Ahamedu Lebbe Kariapper
          • Abdul Kareem Kariapper – Notary JP (Vanniah of Eravur Pattu and Koralai Pattu- circa 1912)
            • Hanoon Kariapper d:1952 + M. I. Abdul Rasool Mudali of Trincomalee
            • 2nd spouse of Hanoon Kariapper (the widow of M.I. Abdul Rasool) + M. A. M. Hussain, District Judge, d:2000
          • Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper – LAILATHUL KATHIRIYA KARIAPPER
            • M. S. Kariapper (1899–1989), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Parliament[176]
              • Subeitha Zohara MS Kariapper + A. R. Mansoor, Member of Parliament, Former Government Minister and Former Sri Lankan ambassador to the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain[177]
              • Shahida MS Kariapper + M. M. Musthafa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
              • MADANIYA Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper + Mohamed Cassim Kariapper
                • M.C. Ahamed, Member of Parliament Kalmunai 1960–1977), d: 3 July 2008
          • Zainabu Natchiar Kariapper + Mohamed Meera Lebbe
          • Khatheeja Kos Mohamed Notaris bin Ibra Lebbe Kariapper + [200] Abdul Latheef Kariapper (had 13 children of which 1 died in infancy, 1 died in early youth)
            • Abdul Kareem Kariapper + MAriyam Nachi Selapullai Udayar(from Ninthavur)
              • Zohara (Nona) AK Kariapper + Advocate Samsudeen Member of Parliament, former Sri Lankan Ambassador to UAE
                • Ariff Samsudeen Attorney-at-Law (1972) – Member of Eastern Provincial Council

Karunathilake

  • Rupa Karunathilake, Government Minister, Member of ParliamentRichmond Wijesekera, Bentota Group Correspondent. . Daily News. Archived from the original on 23 April 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2003.
    • Gayantha Karunathilaka, (nephew of Rupa Karunathilake) Government Minister, Member of Parliament[179][180]
    • Sanjeev Karunathilaka, Provincial Councillor, Southern Province

Keerthiratne-Karunaratne

  • N. H. Keerthiratne, (1902–1992), Government Minister, Member of Parliament[181]
  • Asoka Karunaratne (1916–1988), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Samantha Karunaratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Kotelawala

(Cousins)

      • George L. Kotelawala, (1922–1971) Member of Parliament (Bandaragama)

Kumaratunga

Lokubandara

Macan Markar

Mallimaratchi

  • Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (1929 – ), Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Janasaviya (Poverty Alleviation) Minister of Petroleum Services, State Minister of Industry, District Minister of Colombo Member Of Parliament 1977 – 1994[189]
    • Jayantha Mallimaratchi (1955–1989), Member of Colombo Municipal Council 1978–1989
    • Janaka Mallimaratchi, Member of Western Provincial Council 1993 – 2009

Mathew

Mendis

  • Mudaliyar Thenahandi David Mendis (1904–1977) – Mayor of Negombo (1965-1970)
  • Thenahandi Wijayapala Mendis (1928–2012) – Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Mayor of Negombo, Minister of Textile Industries (1977–89), Minister of Transport and Highways (1989–1994), Leader of the House (1993–4),[196] Chief Opposition Whip (1994–98)[197]
  • Thenahandi Nandana Mendis – Chief Minister Western Province
  • Thenahandi Davindra Sethwijaya Mendis – Provincial Councillor, Western Province [son of T Wijayapala Mendis]
  • Nevil de Silva - Deputy Mayor of Negombo [brother-in-law of T. Wijayapala Mendis]
  • Prof. Kamal Karunanayake (1937-2006) Member of Parliament [brother-in-law of T. Wijayapala Mendis]

Molamure

Moulana

  • Seyed Alavi Moulana, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province.
  • Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (1956 – ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament (1994–2004, 2015– ), Diplomat, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister. Played a pivotal role that brought about the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[200][201]

Muhammedh

Ref:[202]

  • Mathicham Saleem Lebbe Muhammedh Thamby Vidane alias Muhammedh Vidane (1819–1879) + Amina (1827–1899) of Negombo – He succeeded his father as the Vidane (Village Headman) for part of Negombo (assumed to be for Udayar Toppu area) somewhere around mid 1800AD
    • Meena Muhammedh Thamby + Name not known
      • Yoosoof Lebbe Vidane of Negombo
        • Yoosoof Lebbe Mubarak Vidane of Negombo – He succeeded his father as the Vidane
      • Omardeen Police Vidane(d 1921)of Negombo
        • Omardeen Abdul Wahab Vidane
    • Muhammedh Thamby Samsudheen Vidane Arachchi alias Dheen Arachchi (1860–1915) + Hafsa Marikar (1870–1950) of Negombo – He was appointed as the "Vidane Arachchi " for Negombo in Eighteen Ninety Six (1896)
      • Fathima Zuhara Dheen (1893–1967) + Abdulla Court Mudliyar (d 1944)
        • Safa Abdulla (1914–2007) + Hussain Sheik Ismail Proctor (1901–1974) of Putlam – He entered the field of politics in 1928 when he became a member of the Puttalam Local Board. He was elected as a member of the Puttalam Urban Development Council In 1933. He became its chairman in 1938 and served in that post without a break until 1947. At the first Parliamentary elections which was held in 1947, he was elected uncontested and thus holding the distinction of being referred to as the First Member of the First Independent Parliament of Ceylon. He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food and Co-operatives under the Govt. of Rt. Hon D.S. Senanayake. As a Deputy Minister of food and Co-operatives (1947–1948) he managed to open a large number of Co-operative Societies all over the country. Later on he was elected as the Deputy Chairman of Committees and subsequently, had the distinction of being elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The culmination of Proctor Ismail's political career came when he was unanimously elected as the speaker in 1956, thus creating another first in the annals of Sri Lankan political history; the first Muslim speaker of the parliament of Ceylon (1956–1959)
        • M. Abdulla Thaha (1915–1969) + Kadheeja (1934–1989) – Member of Negombo Urban Council (1944–1949)
        • Abdulla Abdul Rahman Proctor (1921–1998)+ Hamzathul Inaya Abdul Raheeman (1927)
          • Fahima Abdul Rahman (1951) + Sheriff Sabry (1940–2008) of Ratmalana – He was the first Muslim to be appointed as the Auditor General (1993–2000) of Sri Lanka
        • Ummu Aimun Abdulla (1923–2000) + Anis Sheriff JP – He was the first Muslim to be the Deputy Mayor of Negombo Municipal Council and was also a member of the Western Provincial Council.
      • Ismail Dheen Proctor JP (1894–1968) + Hameeda Habeeblebbe (d 1970) – He was the first Muslim to qualify as a Lawyer in Negombo and was also the Quazi for Negombo
      • Samsudheen Abdul Raheeman Proctor JPUM (1896–1965) + Rahma Abdul Azeez (1910–2002) – He was the only Muslim to be the Chairman (1941–1944) of the then Negombo Urban Council.
      • Shareefa Dheen (1897–1986) + Haneefa
        • Haneefa Cafoor (1916–1970) + Jezima Muhammed (d 2001)
          • Aleema Cafoor (1947) + Farook (1937–1996) of Mawanella – He was a Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council at the time of his death
        • Haneefa Mahroof Proctor JPUM (1919–1990) + Hamzackiya Abdul Raheeman (1931) – He was a member of the Negombo Municipal Council
      • Faleela Dheen (1901–1982) + Thamby Lebbe Abdul Hameed (1894–1959)
        • Sithy Rahma Abdul Hameed (1929–2006) + Abdul Raheem Rafeek JP (1927–1989)
          • Fariha Rafeek (1955) + Caesar Reyan Hassan (1947–2015) of Katugastota – He obtained the highest number of preferential votes for the Pathadumbara Electorate during the local government elections held in Nineteen ninety-one (1991) and thereby became the first Muslim to be the Vice Chairman of the Pathadumbara Pradeshiya Sabava
      • Shums Ruquiya Dheen (1905–1958) + Ali Abul Hassen JP (1903–1997)
        • Hafeela Hassen (1931) + Cassim Proctor JPUM (1923–1985)
          • Ajward Cassim (1955–1995) + Lilyana (1955) – (Migrated to Yugoslavia in 1980s) He was appointed as the Honorary Counsel General of Sri Lanka for Yugoslavia and held this post until his death.
    • Muhammedh Thamby Sinna Lebbe Marikar + Name not known
      • Marikar Abdul Razak Vidane of Negombo

Nanayakkara

  • D. Francis Nanayakkara + Irene Nanayakkara (1917–2010)
    • Vasudeva Nanayakkara (1939– ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament[203] + Wasanthi Nanayakkara (Lawyer)
    • Yasapalitha Nanayakkara (1940–1996), Provincial Councillor, Film Director + Manoshri Perera Nanayakkara
    • Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament[204]

Nugawela

Obeyesekere

(also related to Bandaranaike)

Pathirana

Ref:[208]

Panabokke

Perera

  • Festus Perera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Larine Perera Member of Parliament, Provincial Minister, Provincial Councillor

Premachandra

Ponnambalam

Premadasa

Rajakaruna

Rajapaksa

Main article: Rajapaksa family

Ref:[231]

Ranatunga

Ratnayaka

Ratwatte

Ref:[255]

(also related to the Bandaranaike family, William Gopallawa, A.R. Udugama, Hector Kobbekaduwa)

Sakalasuriya

  • Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya, member of parliament, chairman of Provincial Council + Chandrika Sakalasuriya, Provincial Councillor
    • Samanmalee Sakalasuriya, Provincial Councillor

Samarakkody

Samaraweera

Samaraweera

Sangarapillai

Ref:[277]

(also related to Coomaraswamy, Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay)

Saravanamuttu

Sinne Lebbe

Senadheera

Senanayake

Ref:[286]

 
Mudaliyar Don Spater Senanayake with son-in-law F H Dias-Bandaranaike, sons Don Stephen Senanayake, Don Charles Senanayake and Fredrick Richard Senanayake, daughter Maria Francesca and wife Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekara

(also related to Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, Junius Richard Jayewardene, Ranjan Wijeratne and Ranil Wickremesinghe)

Senewiratne

  • Captain C. P. J. Senewiratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Buddhika P. Senevirathne

Senaratne

Tissera

  • Protus Tissera, member of parliament (Nattandiya 1970-1977), provincial council member (north western province) 1988-1993
    • Dayasritha Tissera, member of parliament (Puttalam 2001-2004), Deputy minister 2004-2007, non-cabinet minister skills development 2007-2010, cabinet minister state development 2010-2015, provincial council member (north western province) 1999-2000
  • Sumal Tissera, nattandiya pradesiya sabha opposition leader 2002-2004, provincial Council member (north western province) 2004-2008, provincial Council Minister (north western province) 2008-2020

Tennakoon

Tennakoon

Tambimuttu

Thondaman

Ulaganathar of Manipay

Ref:[311]

Madava Mudaliyar (Birth between 1580 – 1600)

Kathirkama Mudali

  • Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay 1664

(also related to Coomaraswamy)

Viswanather-Arumugam-Cathiravelu

Wanniarachchi

  • Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Western Province
    • Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi (1964– ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kanchana Jayaratne, Chairman, Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
  • W A Karunasena, Member of Parliament (1960–67)

Wickremesinghe

Abeywardena Wickramasinghe

  1. Dr. S.A. Wickramasinghe is the first leftist member to elect to the State council in 1931 in Sri Lanka. Dr. S.A. Wickramasinghe represent the state council and Parliament since 1931–1977.
  2. W.P.A. Wickramasinghe member of parliament in Sri Lanka's first ever Parliament in 1947.
  3. Doreen Wickramasinghe member of parliament 1951–1956.
  4. Dayananda. A. Wickramasinghe member of parliament and Minister of United National Party Government in 1977–1994.
  5. Percy Wickramasinghe member of parliament 1970–1977

Welagedara

  • Dingiri Bandara (D.B) Welagedara (1915–1989), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Central Province[326]
    • Sarath Welagedara, (1946– ) State Minister, Member of Parliament

Wickremanayake

Wijewardene

Ref:[330]

Other members of the family include;

Wijeratne (Mirigama)

  • Mahendra Surasinghe Wijeratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Wijeyeratne

Ref:[340]

  • Gabrial Perera Wijeyeratne + Dona Catherina Wickremasinghe Jayasekera
    • Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Cabnet Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development, Senator, High Commissioner to Britain and India, one of Founding Members of the United National Party + Leela Pethiyagoda Kumarihamy[341] ref>Page 88 of Ferguson's Ceylon Directory 1950. Ferguson's Ceylon Directory 1950.</ref>[342]

(also related to Senanayake, Ratwatte and Gopallawa)

Yapa Abeywardena

  • Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (1945– ), Government Minister of Agriculture, Chief Minister, Member of Parliament[351]
    • Sarath Yapa Abeywardena, Provincial Councillor
  • Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (1955– ), Government Minister, Member of Parliament[352]
    • Pasanda Yapa Abeywardena, Politician, Provincial Councillor

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This article needs attention from an expert in Genealogy The specific problem is general article suitability sourcing requirements standardized formatting WikiProject Genealogy may be able to help recruit an expert November 2019 This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Abdul Majeed 2 Abeyratne 3 Abeywickrama 4 Abeywickrema 5 Aluthgamage 6 Aluwihare 7 Amarasuriya 8 Amunugama 9 Ashraff 10 Atapattu 11 Atukorale 12 Athulathmudali 13 Attanayake 14 Attygalle 15 Balasuriya 16 Bandara 17 Bandaranaike 18 Bakeer Markar 19 Bulankulame 20 Cooray 21 Coomaraswamy 22 Corea 23 Dahanayake 24 Dissanayake 25 Dissanayake 26 De Mel 27 De Silva 28 Dunuwille 29 Ekanayake 30 Ellawala 31 Gamage Kekirawa 32 Gamage 33 Ganesan 34 Gopallawa 35 Gunasekara Heiyantuduwa Biyagama 36 Gunasekera Udugampola Minuwangoda 37 Gunasekera Ratnayake Mudiyanselage 38 Gunawardena Boralugoda Ralahamy 39 Gunewardane 40 Hewavitarne Moonesinghe 41 Hurulle 42 Ilangaratne 43 Jayewardene 44 Jayaratne 45 Jayaratne Doluwa Gampola 46 Jayatilaka 47 Kariapper 48 Karunathilake 49 Keerthiratne Karunaratne 50 Kotelawala 51 Kumaratunga 52 Lokubandara 53 Macan Markar 54 Mallimaratchi 55 Mathew 56 Mendis 57 Molamure 58 Moulana 59 Muhammedh 60 Nanayakkara 61 Nugawela 62 Obeyesekere 63 Pathirana 64 Panabokke 65 Perera 66 Premachandra 67 Ponnambalam 68 Premadasa 69 Rajakaruna 70 Rajapaksa 71 Ranatunga 72 Ratnayaka 73 Ratwatte 74 Sakalasuriya 75 Samarakkody 76 Samaraweera 77 Samaraweera 78 Sangarapillai 79 Saravanamuttu 80 Sinne Lebbe 81 Senadheera 82 Senanayake 83 Senewiratne 84 Senaratne 85 Tissera 86 Tennakoon 87 Tennakoon 88 Tambimuttu 89 Thondaman 90 Ulaganathar of Manipay 91 Viswanather Arumugam Cathiravelu 92 Wanniarachchi 93 Wickremesinghe 94 Abeywardena Wickramasinghe 95 Welagedara 96 Wickremanayake 97 Wijewardene 98 Wijeratne Mirigama 99 Wijeyeratne 100 Yapa Abeywardena 101 ReferencesAbdul Majeed EditA L Abdul Majeed 15 November 1933 13 November 1987 also known as Mutur Majeed former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Parliament from 1960 1977 1 M N Abdul Majeed 1 January 1957 Chief Minister of the Eastern Province former Government Minister and Member of Parliament 2 Abeyratne EditHerath Banda Abeyratne Member of Parliament for Yapahuwa 1977 1989 3 former Deputy Minister of Transport former District Minister and former Provincial Council Member and Licensed Surveyor Abeyratne Pilapitiya 25 May 1925 3rd Governor of Uva Province 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province Member of Parliament for Kalawana 1960 1965 1977 82 Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications 4 5 Abeyratne Ratnayaka First Cabinet Minister of Food Co operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon now Sri Lanka and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon former Member of Parliament and State Council 6 Pathirage Don Abeyratne 26 November 1952 Member of 5th Provincial Council of Kalutara Member of Parliament for Kalutara 1989 and 2000 Chief Organiser for Horana Lloyd Oscar Abeyratne appointed member of Parliament 1960 64 Rohana Abeyratne Postmaster General of Sri Lanka 7 2012 2018 Abeywickrama EditDon Pedris Ferdinandus Abeywickrama 8 Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama 28 May 1886 20 February 1966 writer poet critic and pioneer freedom fighter 8 Keerthisena Abeywickrama 20 December 1933 18 August 1987 District Minister for Matara 9 and Member of Parliament for Deniyaya in 1977 UNP 10 Killed in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament 8 11 12 Keerthilatha Abeywickrama Member of Parliament for Deniyaya in 1987 UNP Don Hendrick Abeywickrama Vidane Arachchi in Morawaka Sumanadasa Abeywickrama 5 February 1928 27 February 2006 Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development amp Research 13 and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana in 1977 UNP 10 Abeywickrema EditSimon Abeywickrema 26 April 1899 2 May 1948 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Member of State Council and Parliament founding member of the United National Party UNP 14 15 16 Henry Abeywickrema 24 December 1903 29 August 1982 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works Minister of Works Member of Parliament founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party SLFP 17 18 19 20 Ananda Abeywickrema 24 June 1960 former member of Parliament for Galle DistrictAluthgamage EditS M Aluthgamage Nawalapitiya Electorate Member of Parliament 1970 1977 Mahindananda Aluthgamage Member of parliament 2000 present Ananda Aluthgamage Member of Parliament 2015 2019Aluwihare EditSir Richard Aluwihare Inspector General of Police and Ceylon s High Commissioner to India Bernard Aluwihare 6 April 1902 22 January 1961 State Counsellor 1936 47 Member of Parliament 1952 1960 61 Cabinet Minister 21 22 23 24 25 Alick Aluwihare 20 December 1926 17 May 2009 Cabinet Minister Member of Parliament 26 27 Wasantha Aluwihare 16 July 1962 Member of Parliament former chief minister of Central Province Deputy Minister 28 Ranjith Aluwihare 5 May 1958 Member of Parliament for Matale District former Opposition Leader Matale Municipal Council 29 Prasanna Kumara Aluwihare Member of Pradeshiya saba Matale former National javelin record holder National Kabadi player First class cricketer Government Sports officer Loku Banda Aluvihare former Mayor of KandyAmarasuriya EditRef 30 Mahendrapala Thomas de Silva Amarasuriya Muhandiram Henry Mahendrapala Amarasuriya Independence activist Henry Woodward Amarasuriya Cabinet Minister Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and State Councillor founding Secretary and Vice President of the United National Party President of Ceylon National Congress and Lanka Mahajana Sabha educationist Buddhist activist and philanthropist 31 32 33 34 Thomas Amarasuriya OBE Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon 35 G L Peiris 1946 Member of Parliament Minister of External Affairs Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance Minister of External Trade Ethnic Affairs and National Integration Son in law of Thomas Amarasuriya 36 Montague Jayawickrama 1911 2001 Member of Parliament Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Governor of the North Western Province married Amara Amarasuriya Brother in law of H W and Thomas Amarasuriya 37 38 Amunugama EditSarath Amunugama Government Minister Member of Parliament 39 Dilum Amunugama nephew of Sarath Amunugama 40 Member of Parliament 41 42 Ashraff EditM H M Ashraff Government Minister Member of Parliament 43 Ferial Ashraff Government Minister Member of Parliament and diplomat 44 45 Atapattu EditRef 46 Don Johannes Atapattu Kadawedduwage Dona Carolina Wijekoon D P Atapattu 1899 1976 Government Minister Member of Parliament Daya Dahanayake Ranjit Atapattu Government Minister Member of Parliament 47 48 Druvindra Atapattu contestant in 2009 General Election also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku Atukorale EditGamini Atukorale 1951 2002 Government Minister Member of Parliament 49 50 Thalatha Atukorale Government Minister Member of Parliament 51 Athulathmudali EditRef 52 Don William Athulathmudali Don Daniel Athulathmudali 1901 1958 Member of State Council 53 54 55 Lalith Athulathmudali 1936 1993 Government Minister Member of Parliament Srimani Athulathmudali 1946 2004 Government Minister Member of ParliamentAttanayake EditAttanayake Mudiyanselage Jayawardena Attanayake Member of Parliament Moneragala District 1970 and 1994 and Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya Senarath Attanayake Former Provincial Minister of Uva Province and current Member of Uva Provincial Council 56 Attygalle EditRef 57 Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle Mudaliyar Alice Elizabeth Attygalle John Kotelawala Sir John Kotelawala 4 April 1895 2 October 1980 Prime Minister of Ceylon Cabinet Minister member of Parliament 1947 60 Member of State Council 1931 47 Member of Legislative Council 58 59 Justin Kotalawela 1905 1973 Senator Millicent de Silva Lalith Kotelawala Lena Attygalle Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene 1872 1945 Member of State Council 60 Ellen Attygalle Fredrick Richard Senanayake 1882 1926 Member of Legislative Council Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake 4 November 1911 22 December 1970 Member of State Council Cabinet Minister Member of Parliament 1947 70 61 Sir Nicholas Attygalle President of the Senate of Ceylon C E Attygalle Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health and member of parliamentBalasuriya EditPunchi Banda Balasuriya 1907 1978 UC Chairman 1948 1967 Member of Parliament 1960 1965 1970 1977 Hema Balasuriya Dr Jagath Balasuriya Provincial Council Member 1988 1989 Member of Parliament 1989 1994 Deputy Minister of Cooperative 1994 2000 Deputy Minister of Urban Development 2001 2002 Governor North Central 2004 2008 Deputy Minister of Labor 2010 2011 Cabinet Minister for National Heritage 2011 2015 Kumari Balasuriya Governor Southern Province 2008 2015 62 63 Tharaka Balasuriya Member of Parliament Provincial council member Malintha Bolonghe Balasuriya 64 65 Bandara EditChandra Bandara Government Minister Member of Parliament Chandani Bandara Government Minister Member of Parliament 66 Bandaranaike EditMain article Bandaranaike family Ref 67 Horagolla Walauwa Atthanagalla family seat of the Bandaranaike family Don Francisco Dias Wijetunga Bandaranaike 1720 Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale Dona Maria Perera Conrad Pieter Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike Maha Mudliyar Jacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike 1780 Mudaliyar of Governor Gate Translator of Supreme Court Liyanage Catherine Philipsz Panditharatne Rev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias Bandaranaike Felix Reginold Dias Bandaranaike 1861 1947 Annie Lucy Florence de Alwis 1864 1920 Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike 1891 1951 Judge of the Supreme Court Freda Dias Abeysinghe Felix Dias Bandaranaike 1930 1985 Government Minister Member of Parliament 68 69 70 71 72 Don Daniel Dias Banaranaike Dona Clara Amarasekere Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike 1859 Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale 1st Udagaha Mudaliyar Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de Saram Don Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake Seneviratne Bandaranaike 1826 Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar Anna Florentina Philipsz Panditharatne Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike JP 1862 1946 73 Maha Mudaliyar Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere S W R D Bandaranaike 1899 1959 Prime Minister of Ceylon Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council 74 75 76 Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1916 2000 Prime Minister of Ceylon Member of Parliament Senator Sunethra Bandaranaike c 1943 philanthropist and socialite 77 Chandrika Kumaratunga 1945 President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Member of Parliament Chief Minister of Western Province Provincial Councillor 78 79 80 Vijaya Kumaratunga 1945 1988 actor and politician Anura Bandaranaike 1949 2008 Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament also related to Ratwatte family Ellawala family William Gopallawa S D Bandaranayake A R Udugama Panini Ilangakoon Hector Kobbekaduwa Jeewan Kumaranatunga Ranjan Ramanayake Bakeer Markar EditMohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar 12 May 1917 10 September 1997 10th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Minister without Portfolio Member of Parliament Governor of Southern Province 81 Imthiaz Bakeer Markar 8 August 1953 Government Minister Member of Parliament 82 83 Bulankulame EditPunchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe 12 December 1890 17 December 1958 Member of the State Council 1936 Member House of Representatives Parliamentary Secretary Agriculture and Lands Minister of Lands and Land Development 84 85 86 87 Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle 19 January 1919 6 April 2009 Member House of Representatives Member of Parliament Government Minister Governor Central Province High Commissioner in Australia Governor North Central Province 88 89 Nephew of P B Bulankulame Dissawe Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle 16 March 1952 Member of Parliament Project Minister Science and Technology Member North Central Provincial Council Director General of Telecommunications Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka T R C S L Engineer A C amp R Son of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle Cooray EditMervyn J Cooray 16 July 1938 15 January 2011 former State Minister of Power and Energy member of Parliament Devapriya Cooray Sujith Cooray former Provincial Councilor of the Western Provincial Council member of parliamentCoomaraswamy EditRef 90 Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy 1783 1836 Gate Mudaliyar Member of Legislative Council 91 Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy CCS FRGS 1833 1879 Member of Legislative Council Elizabeth Clay Beeby Ananda Coomaraswamy 1877 1947 Sellachchi Coomaraswamy A Ponnambalam 1814 1887 Mudaliyar of the Governor s Gate P Coomaraswamy 1849 1906 Member of Legislative Council 92 Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG QC 1851 1930 Solicitor General of British Ceylon Member of Legislative Council 93 Leelawathy Ramanathan 1870 1953 Sivagamasundari S Natesan Member of Parliament Member of State Council Senator Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam KCMG CCS 1853 1924 Member of Executive Council Member of Legislative Council lt 94 Swarnambal Namasivayam Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva KCMG 1888 1969 Government Minister Member of Legislative Council Member of State Council High Commissioner to India 95 Balakumar Baku Mahadeva 1921 2013 96 Pathmavathy Arunachalam Sir S Pararajasingam Senator D M Swaminathan 1945 Member of Parliament Governor of Western Province 97 grandson of above also related to D M Swaminathan and Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay Corea EditVictor Corea founder Member of the Ceylon National Congress elected to the Legislative Council founder Chilaw Association President Ceylon Labour Union Dr C V S Corea Medical Doctor Dr Gamani Corea 1974 to 1984 Under Secretary General of the United Nations Ceylon s Ambassador to the EEC Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs of Ceylon and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon 98 99 Charles Edgar Corea elected to the Legislative Council President of the Ceylon National Congress 1924 Chair founder Chilaw Association Shirley Corea 1906 1974 Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon Member of Parliament for Chilaw Minister of Commerce Trade and Fisheries 100 Also related to Sir Claude Corea Minister of Labour 1946 High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK Ceylon s Ambassador in the US President of the United Nations Security Council Ceylon s Ambassador at the United Nations Harindra Corea Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka 101 Member of Parliament for Chilaw Also related to Dr Gamani Corea Ambassador Secretary General of UNCTAD Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Ernest Corea Sri Lanka s High Commissioner to Canada Sri Lanka s Ambassador to the United States of America Kumari Corea Provincial Councillor NWP Dahanayake EditSumanapala Dahanayake Member of Parliament Wijaya Dahanayake Deputy Minister and Member of ParliamentDissanayake EditAndrew Dissanayake 1910 Parliamentary Secretary Member of Parliament 102 Gamini Dissanayake 1942 1994 Presidential candidate 1994 Leader of the Opposition Government Minister Member of Parliament Srima Dissanayake Presidential candidate 1994 Navin Dissanayake 1969 Government Minister Member of Parliament 103 Mayantha Dissanayake Provincial Councillor Member of Parliament 104 105 106 Karu Jayasuriya Speaker of the Parliament 107 Government Minister Member of Parliament Father in law of Navin DissanayakeDissanayake EditBerty Premalal Dissanayake Government Minister Member of Parliament Chief Minister of North Central Province Jayani Tissera Dissanayake Duminda Dissanayake 1979 Government Minister Member of Parliament Senani Lanka JayaratneDe Mel EditSir Henry De Mel Member of the Legislative Council 108 R S F de Mel Senator 109 Mayor of Colombo 110 cousins R A de Mel Deputy Speaker of the Parliament 111 112 113 Ronnie de Mel 1926 Government Minister Member of Parliament Mallika de Mel Member of Parliament Also related to Sir Leo Fernando Member of Parliament father in law of Ronnie de Mel De Silva EditC P de Silva Government Minister Member of Parliament Merril de Silva Member of Parliament A H de Silva Member of Parliament cousins Dr Colvin R de Silva Government Minister Member of Parliament Manouri Muttetuwegama Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Sarath Muttetuwegama Member of Parliament son in law of Colvin R de Silva Dunuwille EditB H Dunuwille 1896 Deputy President of the Senate 114 Proctor Notary Public Harindra Dunuwille 1946 member of Parliament State Minister of State and Constitutional Affairs member of Kandy Municipal Council Mayor of Kandy and Attorney at Law 115 116 D S Senanayake 1883 1952 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka was married to Molly Dunuwille 117 Dudley Senanayake 1911 1973 2nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 118 son of Molly Dunuwille and D S SenanayakeEkanayake EditT B Ekanayake 1954 Member of Parliament Kurunegala 1994 2000 2001 present T B EKANAYAKE Directory of Members Parliament of Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 13 October 2010 Deputy Minister Education 2010 2015 Sarath Ekanayake 7th and current Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka 119 Nandimithra Ekanayake Member of Parliament 1989 2015 Chief Minister of Central Province 1999 2000 Minister of Environmental and Forest Resources 1996 1999 120 Niluka Ekanayake Governor of Central Province 2016 present 121 122 E M R B Ekanayake 1962 Member of Parliament Mawatagama 1960 S B Ekanayake 1906 1977 Member of Parliament Soranatota 1960 1965 Herath Ekanayake 1927 1971 Member of Parliament Mawatagama 1965 1970 Ellawala EditWilliam Ellawala Member Ceylon Legislative Council William Ellawala Jnr Richard Stephen Ellawala Basnayake Nilame Saparagamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya Francis Theodore Ellawala Eslin Mahawalatenne Harriet Ellawala Cyril Dangamuwa William Theodore Ellawala RM Nawadun Korale Ratnapura Millicent Dimbulana Rohini Sita Ellawala Seevali Ratwatte Lakmini Ratwatte Upali Wijewardene 123 Eranthika Ratwatte Kelegama Saman Kelegama 123 Robert Sydney Ellawala Mallika Kobbekaduwa Nanda Ellawala Member of Parliament for Ratnapura 1970 1977 124 Surangani Tennekoon Governor of the Central Province 2015 2016 Nalanda Ellawala Member of Parliament for Ratnapura district 1994 1997 125 Mohan Ellawala Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province 126 Akila Ellawala Provincial Council Member Mallika Ratwatte Member of Parliament 127 Clifford Ratwatte Member of Parliament also related to Ratwatte family Bandaranaike family Gamage Kekirawa EditGamage Don Mahindasoma former Member of Parliament for Kekirawa 128 former chief minister of the North Central Province Lal Dharmapriya Gamage nephew of G D Mahindasoma former Member of Parliament for Anuradhapura district 129 former Minister Assisting Foreign Affairs Chandima Gamage Member of Parliament for Anuradhapura district 130 Gamage EditDaya Gamage Member of Parliament 131 Government Minister Anoma Gamage Member of Parliament 132 Government MinisterGanesan EditV P Ganeshan trade unionist politician film producer and actor Mano Ganesan 1959 Member of Parliament Provincial Councillor Praba Ganesan 1964 Member of Parliament 133 Provincial Councillor 134 Gopallawa EditRef 135 William Gopallawa 1897 1981 Governor General of Ceylon President of Sri Lanka 136 Monty Gopallawa 1941 2005 Government Minister Member of Parliament 137 Nimal Kobbekaduwa Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa Dr Mackie Ratwatte Chintha Gopallawa Sanjeewa Hulangamuwa 1955 2013 Councillor Kandy Municipal Council 138 Devika Mediwake Neranjan Wijeyeratne 1956 also related to Ratwatte Gunasekara Heiyantuduwa Biyagama EditTudor Gunasekara former Member of Parliament for Mahara 139 former District Minister for Gampaha former Sri Lanka ambassador to Poland Bulgaria Romania and Hungary Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne former Councillor of Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Ex Acting Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa Kandy son in law of Tudor Gunasekara Gunasekera Udugampola Minuwangoda EditBennet Gunasekera Member of Parliament for Minuwangoda from 1977 to 1988 Mahen Gunasekera Minister for Legal Reforms and Prison Affairs Member of Parliament for Gampaha District 1989 1994 Gunasekera Ratnayake Mudiyanselage EditR M Gunasekera Member of Parliament for Bibile Ranjith Madduma Bandara Minister and Member of Parliament Dharmadasa Banda Member of Parliament for BibileGunawardena Boralugoda Ralahamy EditRef 140 Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena 1879 1947 Leonora Philip Gunawardena 1901 1972 Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council The Father of Socialism in Sri Lanka 141 first person to call for Independence in Sri Lanka Kusumasiri Amarasinghe 1912 1985 Member of Parliament 142 Indika Gunawardena Government Minister Member of Parliament Prasanna Gunawardena Mayor of Colombo Presidential adviser Dinesh Gunawardena 1949 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament 143 144 Yadamini Gunawardena Member of Parliament Samanmali Sakalasooriya Provincial Councillor Gitanjana Gunawardena 1952 Government Minister Member of Parliament 145 Robert Gunawardena 1904 1971 Member of Parliament 146 Ambassador to Beijing 1965 1970 147 Caroline Gunawardena S C C Anthonypillai Tony Trade Unionist Member of the Lok Sabha Emily Angeline Gunawardena Dr Don Allenson Goonetilleke Vivienne Goonewardena 1916 1996 Member of Parliament Minister of Health Leslie Goonewardena Member of Parliament and Minister of Transport founding father of the LSSP 148 Gunewardane EditLionel Gunewardena Deputy Minister Sarana Gunewardane Deputy Minister Member of Parliament Provincial Councillor Chandrika Gunewardane Provincial Councillor Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya Member of Parliament Provincial Council Chairman Lakshman Gunewardane Urban CouncillorHewavitarne Moonesinghe EditRef 149 Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana 1809 1890 President of the Buddhist Theosophical Society founder President of the Buddhism Protection Committee founder of the Vidyodaya Pirivena and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka 150 Mallika Dharmagunawardhana 1846 1936 President Women s Education Society Don Carolis Hewavitarne 1833 1906 founder member of Buddhist Theosophical Society founder member of the Buddhist Defence Committee and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka Anagarika Dharmapala Don David Hewavitarne 1864 1933 Leader of the Buddhist revival movement Dona Engeltina Hewavitarne 1865 1902 Jacob Moonesinghe a leader of the Buddhist revival movement Sanath Moonesinghe Mangala Moonesinghe Member of Parliament High Commissioner to India and UK 151 Piyadas Moonesinghe 1896 1969 Beatrice Wijegoonewardena de Silva Senanayaka 1900 1989 Anil Moonesinghe 1927 2002 Deputy Speaker Minister of Communications Member of Parliament trade unionist Ambassador in Vienna 152 Susil Moonesinghe 1930 2012 first Chief Minister of the Western Province Member of Parliament Ambassador in Tehran Edmund Hewavitarne 1870 1915 convicted of treason died in British custody 153 Sujatha Peiris Raja Hewavitarne OBE 1898 1958 Member of State Council Matara Minister of Labour Industry and Commerce Neil Kamal Hewavitarne 1904 1939 Member of State Council Udugama 154 Sumanadevi Hewavitarne Jayasuriya Gamini Jayasuriya 1924 1998 Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament Homagama Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitarne 1876 1929 leader in the Buddhist revival movement 155 Hurulle EditEdwin Loku Bandara Hurulle 1919 2009 Member House of Representatives Member of Parliament Government Minister Governor Central Province High Commissioner in Australia Governor North Central Province 88 89 Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle 1952 Member of Parliament Project Minister Science and Technology Member North Central Provincial Council Director General Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka T R C S L Engineer AC amp R 156 157 158 159 Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe Member of the State Council 1936 Member House of Representatives Parliamentary Secretary Agriculture Minister of Lands and Land Development Proctor Notary Public and Captain Cricket 1919 1920 St Thomas College Mt Lavinia 84 Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle Harindra Dunuwille 1946 Member of Parliament State Minister of State and Constitutional Affairs Member Kandy Municipal Council Mayor of Kandy Attorney at Law son in law of E L B Hurulle Ilangaratne EditT B Ilangaratne 1913 1992 Government Minister Member of Parliament Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne Member of Parliament Kandy 160 Jayewardene EditRef 161 Tombi Mudaliyar Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene 1768 1830 A descendant of a Colombo Chetty originally from Coromandel Coast of India who married into a Sinhalese family called Jayewardene conspired with the British to overthrow the last King of Kandy Mudaliyar Don Abraham Wijesinghe Jayewardene 1801 1866 James Alfred Jayewardene c 1845 1888 Deputy Coroner of Colombo Cornelia Matilda Wijekoon Hector Alfred Jayewardene 1870 1913 member of the Colombo Municipal Council 162 163 Colonel T G Jayewardene 1872 1945 Member of State Council Lena Attygalle Major T F Jayewardene Member of Parliament 164 165 Margie Jayewardene A F Wijemanne Minister of Justice and Member of the Senate Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene KC 1874 1932 Chief Justice Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardene J R Jayewardene 1906 1996 President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council 166 Captain Ravi Jayewardene 1936 2017 National Security Adviser Pradeep Jayewardene Member of Colombo Municiple Council 167 168 Hector Wilfred Jayewardene QC 1916 1990 Member at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights 169 John Adrian St Valentine Jayewardene 1877 1927 Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon Clodagh Jayasuriya Member of Parliament 170 171 Bernard Jayasuriya Member of State CouncilJayaratne EditS D R Jayaratne Government Deputy Minister 1931 2008 Former Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Fisheries and Member of Parliament for Chilaw 1960 to 2000 Piyankara Jayaratne 1964 Forigen Employment Development Minister Civil Aviation Minister former Deputy Speaker former State Minister law and Order former State Minister Local Government former State Minister Indiginous Medicine former Deputy Minister Youth Affairs and Member of Parliament 172 173 Jayaratne Doluwa Gampola EditD M Jayaratne former prime minister of Sri Lanka Anuradha Jayaratne Deputy Minister Member of Parliament Provincial CouncillorHon Jayarathne s daughter had married to Duminda Dissanayake government minister After the broken of the marriage the daughter has married Mahindananda Aluthgamage government minister Jayatilaka EditRobert Edward Jayatilaka Former Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council Effie Jayatilaka Former Chairman Nawalapitiya Urban Council sister of Edmund Samarakkody and first wife of Panini Ilangakoon Grand daughter Anarkali Akarsha Former Provincial Councillor Southern ProvinceKariapper EditRef 174 175 Marikkar Vedarala Haji Marikkar Muhandiram Dissawa of Wellassa d 1817 Neina Marikkar Ahamedu Lebbe Kariapper Abdul Kareem Kariapper Notary JP Vanniah of Eravur Pattu and Koralai Pattu circa 1912 Hanoon Kariapper d 1952 M I Abdul Rasool Mudali of Trincomalee 2nd spouse of Hanoon Kariapper the widow of M I Abdul Rasool M A M Hussain District Judge d 2000 Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper LAILATHUL KATHIRIYA KARIAPPER M S Kariapper 1899 1989 Gate Mudaliyar Member of Parliament 176 Subeitha Zohara MS Kariapper A R Mansoor Member of Parliament Former Government Minister and Former Sri Lankan ambassador to the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain 177 Shahida MS Kariapper M M Musthafa Government Minister Member of Parliament MADANIYA Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper Mohamed Cassim Kariapper M C Ahamed Member of Parliament Kalmunai 1960 1977 d 3 July 2008 Zainabu Natchiar Kariapper Mohamed Meera Lebbe Mohammed Meera Lebbe Hussain Matheena Ummah M H M Ashraff 1948 2000 founder and leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Government Minister Member of Parliament 178 Ferial Ismail Ashraff 1953 Government Minister Member of Parliament Khatheeja Kos Mohamed Notaris bin Ibra Lebbe Kariapper 200 Abdul Latheef Kariapper had 13 children of which 1 died in infancy 1 died in early youth Abdul Kareem Kariapper MAriyam Nachi Selapullai Udayar from Ninthavur Zohara Nona AK Kariapper Advocate Samsudeen Member of Parliament former Sri Lankan Ambassador to UAE Ariff Samsudeen Attorney at Law 1972 Member of Eastern Provincial CouncilKarunathilake EditRupa Karunathilake Government Minister Member of ParliamentRichmond Wijesekera Bentota Group Correspondent Rupa did yeoman service to district electorate and Motherland PM Daily News Archived from the original on 23 April 2003 Retrieved 15 February 2003 Gayantha Karunathilaka nephew of Rupa Karunathilake Government Minister Member of Parliament 179 180 Sanjeev Karunathilaka Provincial Councillor Southern ProvinceKeerthiratne Karunaratne EditN H Keerthiratne 1902 1992 Government Minister Member of Parliament 181 Asoka Karunaratne 1916 1988 Government Minister Member of Parliament Samantha Karunaratne Government Minister Member of ParliamentKotelawala EditDon Manuel Kotelawala from Undugoda Bandaragama Don A Kotelawala John Kotelawala Sr Inspector of Ceylon Police Force Alice Elisabeth Kotelawala Sir John Kotelawala Third Prime Minister of Ceylon and Privy Councilor 182 Justin Kotelawala Senator Lalith Kotelawala 183 Freda Corea Sister of Sir John and Justin Kotelawela Dr Gamani Corea 1974 to 1984 Under Secretary General of the United Nations Ceylon s Ambassador to the EEC Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs of Ceylon and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon 98 D C Kotelawala Muhandiram Sir Henry Kotelawala Member of the Legislative Council and State Council Uva 184 Jack Kotelawala Member of the State Council and Parliament Gladwin Kotelawala Member of Parliament Uva 185 186 Cousins George L Kotelawala 1922 1971 Member of Parliament Bandaragama Kumaratunga EditSydney Kumaratunga Jeewan Kumaranatunga Cabinet Minister Member of Parliament Malsha Kumaratunga Western Province Council Member Vijaya Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri LankaLokubandara EditW J M Lokubandara 1941 2021 Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province 187 188 Udith Lokubandara 1984 Member of ParliamentMacan Markar EditSir Mohamed Macan Markar 1885 1969 Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council Member of the Legislative Council and Senator Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar 1893 1984 Member of parliament and Deputy Mayor of Colombo Mallimaratchi EditWeerasinghe Mallimarachchi 1929 Minister of Food Co operatives and Janasaviya Poverty Alleviation Minister of Petroleum Services State Minister of Industry District Minister of Colombo Member Of Parliament 1977 1994 189 Jayantha Mallimaratchi 1955 1989 Member of Colombo Municipal Council 1978 1989 Janaka Mallimaratchi Member of Western Provincial Council 1993 2009Mathew EditEdley Winston Mathew 27 January 1907 MBE 190 Member of the House of Representatives for Balangoda 191 Cyril Mathew 1912 1989 Government Minister 192 Member of Parliament 193 Nanda Mathew Government Minister Member of Parliament Governor of Uva Province 194 S S Kulatileke Government Minister Member of Parliament 195 father in law of Nanda Mathew Mendis EditMudaliyar Thenahandi David Mendis 1904 1977 Mayor of Negombo 1965 1970 Thenahandi Wijayapala Mendis 1928 2012 Government Minister Member of Parliament Mayor of Negombo Minister of Textile Industries 1977 89 Minister of Transport and Highways 1989 1994 Leader of the House 1993 4 196 Chief Opposition Whip 1994 98 197 Thenahandi Nandana Mendis Chief Minister Western Province Thenahandi Davindra Sethwijaya Mendis Provincial Councillor Western Province son of T Wijayapala Mendis Nevil de Silva Deputy Mayor of Negombo brother in law of T Wijayapala Mendis Prof Kamal Karunanayake 1937 2006 Member of Parliament brother in law of T Wijayapala Mendis Molamure EditSir Francis Molamure first Speaker of Parliament 198 Lady Adeline Meedeniya Member of State Council of Ceylon and Senate Daughter of J H Meedeniya Adigar Member of the Legislative Council Seetha Molamure Member of the Senate of Ceylon 199 A F Molamure nephew of Sir Francis Molamure Member of ParliamentMoulana EditSeyed Alavi Moulana Government Minister Member of Parliament Governor of Western Province Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana 1956 Government Minister Member of Parliament 1994 2004 2015 Diplomat Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister Played a pivotal role that brought about the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War 200 201 Muhammedh EditRef 202 Mathicham Saleem Lebbe Muhammedh Thamby Vidane alias Muhammedh Vidane 1819 1879 Amina 1827 1899 of Negombo He succeeded his father as the Vidane Village Headman for part of Negombo assumed to be for Udayar Toppu area somewhere around mid 1800AD Meena Muhammedh Thamby Name not known Yoosoof Lebbe Vidane of Negombo Yoosoof Lebbe Mubarak Vidane of Negombo He succeeded his father as the Vidane Omardeen Police Vidane d 1921 of Negombo Omardeen Abdul Wahab Vidane Muhammedh Thamby Samsudheen Vidane Arachchi alias Dheen Arachchi 1860 1915 Hafsa Marikar 1870 1950 of Negombo He was appointed as the Vidane Arachchi for Negombo in Eighteen Ninety Six 1896 Fathima Zuhara Dheen 1893 1967 Abdulla Court Mudliyar d 1944 Safa Abdulla 1914 2007 Hussain Sheik Ismail Proctor 1901 1974 of Putlam He entered the field of politics in 1928 when he became a member of the Puttalam Local Board He was elected as a member of the Puttalam Urban Development Council In 1933 He became its chairman in 1938 and served in that post without a break until 1947 At the first Parliamentary elections which was held in 1947 he was elected uncontested and thus holding the distinction of being referred to as the First Member of the First Independent Parliament of Ceylon He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food and Co operatives under the Govt of Rt Hon D S Senanayake As a Deputy Minister of food and Co operatives 1947 1948 he managed to open a large number of Co operative Societies all over the country Later on he was elected as the Deputy Chairman of Committees and subsequently had the distinction of being elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives The culmination of Proctor Ismail s political career came when he was unanimously elected as the speaker in 1956 thus creating another first in the annals of Sri Lankan political history the first Muslim speaker of the parliament of Ceylon 1956 1959 M Abdulla Thaha 1915 1969 Kadheeja 1934 1989 Member of Negombo Urban Council 1944 1949 Abdulla Abdul Rahman Proctor 1921 1998 Hamzathul Inaya Abdul Raheeman 1927 Fahima Abdul Rahman 1951 Sheriff Sabry 1940 2008 of Ratmalana He was the first Muslim to be appointed as the Auditor General 1993 2000 of Sri Lanka Ummu Aimun Abdulla 1923 2000 Anis Sheriff JP He was the first Muslim to be the Deputy Mayor of Negombo Municipal Council and was also a member of the Western Provincial Council Ismail Dheen Proctor JP 1894 1968 Hameeda Habeeblebbe d 1970 He was the first Muslim to qualify as a Lawyer in Negombo and was also the Quazi for Negombo Samsudheen Abdul Raheeman Proctor JPUM 1896 1965 Rahma Abdul Azeez 1910 2002 He was the only Muslim to be the Chairman 1941 1944 of the then Negombo Urban Council Shareefa Dheen 1897 1986 Haneefa Haneefa Cafoor 1916 1970 Jezima Muhammed d 2001 Aleema Cafoor 1947 Farook 1937 1996 of Mawanella He was a Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council at the time of his death Haneefa Mahroof Proctor JPUM 1919 1990 Hamzackiya Abdul Raheeman 1931 He was a member of the Negombo Municipal Council Faleela Dheen 1901 1982 Thamby Lebbe Abdul Hameed 1894 1959 Sithy Rahma Abdul Hameed 1929 2006 Abdul Raheem Rafeek JP 1927 1989 Fariha Rafeek 1955 Caesar Reyan Hassan 1947 2015 of Katugastota He obtained the highest number of preferential votes for the Pathadumbara Electorate during the local government elections held in Nineteen ninety one 1991 and thereby became the first Muslim to be the Vice Chairman of the Pathadumbara Pradeshiya Sabava Shums Ruquiya Dheen 1905 1958 Ali Abul Hassen JP 1903 1997 Hafeela Hassen 1931 Cassim Proctor JPUM 1923 1985 Ajward Cassim 1955 1995 Lilyana 1955 Migrated to Yugoslavia in 1980s He was appointed as the Honorary Counsel General of Sri Lanka for Yugoslavia and held this post until his death Muhammedh Thamby Sinna Lebbe Marikar Name not known Marikar Abdul Razak Vidane of NegomboNanayakkara EditD Francis Nanayakkara Irene Nanayakkara 1917 2010 Vasudeva Nanayakkara 1939 Government Minister Member of Parliament 203 Wasanthi Nanayakkara Lawyer Yasapalitha Nanayakkara 1940 1996 Provincial Councillor Film Director Manoshri Perera Nanayakkara Hemakumara Nanayakkara Government Minister Member of Parliament 204 Nugawela EditPunchi Banda Nugawela Member of State Council 205 Major E A Nugawela Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council 206 Obeyesekere EditDon Bastian Ferdinandus Wijesiri Guneratne Obeyesekere Mudaliyar of Talpepattu Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon Sir Forester Obeysekera Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon James Peter Obeyesekere I Maha Mudaliyar Sir James Peter Obeyesekere II Maha Mudaliyar James Peter Obeyesekere III Politician Senator Government Minister Sivagami Obeyesekere Politician Government Minister Member of Parliament 207 also related to Bandaranaike Pathirana EditRef 208 Richard Pathirana Cabinet minister for Education and Higher Education 1994 to 2000 and State Administration and Home Affairs 2000 01 209 208 Ramesh Pathirana Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Galle district 210 211 Panabokke EditTikiri Bandara Panabokke I Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II Minister of Health in the State Council of Ceylon 212 213 Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke Deputy Minister of Justice and AgriculturePerera EditFestus Perera Government Minister Member of Parliament Larine Perera Member of Parliament Provincial Minister Provincial Councillor Niroshan Perera Member of Parliament and State Minister of Youth Affairs 214 215 Premachandra EditBharatha Lakshman Premachandra Provincial Councillor Member of Parliament 216 217 Hirunika Premachandra Provincial Councillor Member of Parliament 218 219 220 221 Ponnambalam EditG G Ponnambalam KC 1901 1977 founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council Kumar Ponnambalam 1940 2000 leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress 222 presidential candidate 1982 Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam 1974 leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress 223 Member of Parliament 224 Premadasa EditRanasinghe Premadasa 1924 1993 President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament 225 Hema Wickrematunge Sajith Premadasa 1967 Leader of the Opposition Government Minister Member of Parliament 226 227 228 Rajakaruna EditSarathchandra Rajakaruna Government Minister Member of Parliament Businessmen Harshana Rajakaruna Member of Parliament 229 Businessmen 230 Rajapaksa EditMain article Rajapaksa family Ref 231 Don David Rajapaksa Vidane Arachchi Don M Rajapaksa Member of State Council Senator 232 Lakshman Rajapaksa Member of Parliament 233 George Rajapaksa Government Minister Member of Parliament 234 235 Shyamlal Rajapaksa Provincial Councilor Nirupama Rajapaksa 1962 Government Minister Member of Parliament 236 D A Rajapaksa 1905 1967 Government Minister Member of Parliament 237 Dandina Samarasinghe Dissanayake Chamal Rajapaksa 1942 Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament 238 239 Malini Rajapaksa Shasheendra Rajapaksa 1976 Chief Minister of Uva Province Provincial Councillor Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya 240 241 Mahinda Rajapaksa 1945 6th President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament 242 Shiranthi Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa 1986 Minister of Sports and Member of Parliament 243 Yoshitha Rajapaksa 1988 Prime Minister s Chief of Staff Gotabhaya Rajapaksa 1949 8th President of Sri Lanka 244 Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Ioma Rajapaksa Basil Rajapaksa 1951 Minister of Finance 245 Member of ParliamentRanatunga EditReggie Ranatunga Government Minister Member of Parliament Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province 246 Arjuna Ranatunga 1963 Government Minister 247 Member of Parliament Prasanna Ranatunga 1967 Chief Minister of Western Province 248 Member of Parliament Ruwan Ranatunga 1971 Member of Parliament 249 250 Ratnayaka EditS W D Ratnayake Member of Parliament 251 252 Sarath Sepala Ratnayake Assassinated Parliamentary Candidate 22 January 1989 Victor Garvin Weerawardana Ratnayake Member of Parliament 253 Sagala Ratnayaka Government Minister 254 Member of ParliamentRatwatte EditRef 255 Wijayawardena Senevirat Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse Ralahamy Ratwatte Loku Kumarihamy Ratwatte Loku Nilame Adikaram Ratwatte 2nd Adigar and Dissawa of Matale 256 257 Meegastenne Amunugama Medduma Kumarihamy Seneviratne Nilame Ratwatte 1827 Amunugama Meegastenne Medduma Kumarihamy Punchi Menika Ratwatte Kumarihamy Paranagama Loku Mudiyanse Abeyratne Banda Ratwatte Basnayake Thalgahagoda Lewke Punchi Kumarihamy Sir Cuda Ratwatte Adigar First Mayor of Kandy 258 259 A C L Ratwatte Mayor of Kandy J C Ratwatte Adigar Member of State Council 260 Phyllis Sita Aluvihare Charitha Ratwatte Chairmen of the United National Party Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe 1883 1957 Rate Mahattaya and Dissava of Sabaragamuwa Senator 261 Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1916 2000 Prime Minister of Ceylon Member of Parliament Senator S W R D Bandaranaike 1899 1959 Prime Minister of Ceylon Government Minister Member of Parliament Member of State Council Sunethra Bandaranaike c 1943 politician and socialiteref gt Sunethra Bandaranaike Archived 8 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine lt ref gt Chandrika Kumaratunga 1945 President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Member of Parliament Chief Minister of Western Province Provincial Councillor 262 79 80 Vijaya Kumaratunga 1945 1988 actor and politician Anura Bandaranaike 1949 2008 Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament Dr Mackie Ratwatte Prime Minister s Private Secretary Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa Clifford Ratwatte 1927 2009 Member of Parliament 263 Kamal Ratwatte Heshani Ratwatte Harris Leuke Ratwatte 1900 1964 Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa Member of Parliament Senator 264 265 266 General Anuruddha Ratwatte Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa Government Minister Member of Parliament 267 Lohan Ratwatte 1968 Member of Parliament Provincial Councillor 268 Mahendra Ratwatte Basnayake Nilame of the Sri Maha Vishnu Devalaya of Kandy Dedi Munda Devalaya of Aluthnuwara Mayor of Kandy 269 also related to the Bandaranaike family William Gopallawa A R Udugama Hector Kobbekaduwa Sakalasuriya EditSardhatissa Sakalasuriya member of parliament chairman of Provincial Council Chandrika Sakalasuriya Provincial Councillor Samanmalee Sakalasuriya Provincial CouncillorSamarakkody EditEdmund Samarakkody Member of Parliament Stephen Samarakkody Member of Parliament Siripala Samarakkody Member of Parliament Panini Ilangakoon Member of Parliament brother in law Robert Edward Jayatilaka Member of Parliament brother in law Samaraweera EditMahanama Samaraweera Government Minister Member of Parliament 270 271 Khema Samaraweera member of the Matara Urban Council Mangala Samaraweera 1956 2021 Government Minister 272 Member of ParliamentSamaraweera EditPercy Samaraweera Chief Minister of Uva 273 274 Upali Samaraweera Minister of Uva Ravindra Samaraweera Government Minister 275 276 Member of ParliamentSangarapillai EditRef 277 A V Sangarapillai Founder of Manipay Hindu College Sir S Pararajasingam Senator 278 Pathmavathy Arunachalam Lalithambikai 2005 M Swaminathan D M Swaminathan 1945 Member of Parliament Governor of Western Province 279 also related to Coomaraswamy Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay Saravanamuttu EditSir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu first elected Ceylonese Mayor of Colombo Member of the State Council 280 281 Naysum Saravanamuttu Member of the State Council Lieutenant Colonel S Saravanamuttu Member of the Colombo Municipal Council 282 Sinne Lebbe EditMudaliar Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe b 1902 Member of Parliament 283 Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe Member of Parliament Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe 1959 2001 Member of ParliamentSenadheera EditBandulahewa Senadheera Member of Parliament 284 285 Daya Sepali Senadheera Member of Parliament assassinated by the JVPSenanayake EditRef 286 Mudaliyar Don Spater Senanayake with son in law F H Dias Bandaranaike sons Don Stephen Senanayake Don Charles Senanayake and Fredrick Richard Senanayake daughter Maria Francesca and wife Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekara Don Bartholomew Senanayake Don Spater Senanayake 1848 1907 Mudaliyar 287 Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake 1848 Don Charles Senanayake 1878 1931 Euphemia Grace Millicent Ivy Senanayake 1911 1984 Dr Edmond Asoka Bulankulame 1900 1978 Visakha Bulankulame 1935 1999 Tissa Wijeyeratne 1923 2002 288 289 Fredrick Richard Senanayake 1882 1926 Member of Legislative Council and independence activist 290 291 Ellen Attygalle Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake 1911 1970 Government Minister Member of Parliament 61 Don Stephen Senanayake 1884 1952 Prime Minister of Ceylon 292 Member of Parliament Member of State Council Member of Legislative Council Dudley Senanayake 1911 1973 Prime Minister of Ceylon 293 294 Government Minister Member of Parliament Robert Parakrama Senanayake 1913 1986 Ranjani Senanayake Ranjith Wijewardene Ruwan Wijewardene 1975 Cabinet Minister 295 296 and Member of Parliament 297 298 Rukman Senanayake 1948 Assistant Leader of United National Party Government Minister Member of Parliament Ranjit Senanayake Suwanitha Vasantha Senanayake 1973 Member of Parliament 299 300 also related to Sir John Lionel Kotelawala Junius Richard Jayewardene Ranjan Wijeratne and Ranil Wickremesinghe Senewiratne EditCaptain C P J Senewiratne Government Minister Member of Parliament Lakshman Senewiratne 1957 Government Minister Member of Parliament 301 Buddhika P SenevirathneSenaratne EditRajitha Senaratne Government Minister Member of Parliament 302 Chathura Senarathne Member of the Parliament 303 Tissera EditProtus Tissera member of parliament Nattandiya 1970 1977 provincial council member north western province 1988 1993 Dayasritha Tissera member of parliament Puttalam 2001 2004 Deputy minister 2004 2007 non cabinet minister skills development 2007 2010 cabinet minister state development 2010 2015 provincial council member north western province 1999 2000 Sumal Tissera nattandiya pradesiya sabha opposition leader 2002 2004 provincial Council member north western province 2004 2008 provincial Council Minister north western province 2008 2020Tennakoon EditT B Tennakoon Government Minister Member of Parliament 304 305 Yasaratne Tennakoon Member of Parliament Adviser to the Prime Minister Tilina Tennakoon Member of Parliament Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 1953 Government Minister Member of Parliament JANAKA BANDARA TENNAKOON Directory of Members Parliament of Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 6 October 2010 Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon Provincial Council Minister Central ProvinceTennakoon EditMudiyanse Tennakoon Member of Parliament Soma Kumari Tennakoon Member of ParliamentTambimuttu EditE R Tambimuttu Sam Tambimuttu Member of Parliament 306 Arun TambimuttuThondaman EditV E K R Karuppaiah Kumaravel Sithammai Savumiamoorthy Thondaman 1913 1999 founder and leader of the Ceylon Workers Congress 307 Government Minister Member of Parliament Kothai Ramanathan Thondaman Arumugam Thondaman 1964 2020 leader of the Ceylon Workers Congress Government Minister Member of Parliament 308 309 Rajalakshmi 310 Jeewan Thondaman 1994 Government Minister Member of Parliament Cousins Senthil Thondaman Former Uva Provincial Council MinisterUlaganathar of Manipay EditRef 311 Madava Mudaliyar Birth between 1580 1600 Kathirkama Mudali Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay 1664 Ulaganathar Mathar Mudaliyar Mathar Kathirgamakanakkar Kathirgamakanakkar Thillaiampalam Thillaiampalam Arunachalam Mudaliyar A Ponnambalam 1814 1887 Mudaliyar of the Governor s Gate Sellachchi Coomaraswamy P Coomaraswamy 1849 1906 Member of Legislative Council 312 Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG QC 1851 1930 Solicitor General of British Ceylon Member of Legislative Council Sellachchi Ammal Leelawathy Ramanathan 1870 1953 Rajendra Srimani Sangarapillai Pathmanathan Deshamanya Justice P Ramanathan 1932 2006 Supreme Court judge Governor of Western Province 313 314 Sivagamasundari S Natesan Member of Parliament Member of State Council Senator Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam KCMG CCS 1853 1924 Member of Executive Council Member of Legislative Council Swarnambal Namasivayam Arunachalam Padmanabha Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva KCMG 1888 1969 Government Minister Member of Legislative Council Member of State Council High Commissioner to India Balakumar Baku Mahadeva 1921 2013 Arunachalam Ramanathan Pathmavathy Arunachalam Sir S Pararajasingam Senator 278 Pararajasingham Nadesan Lalithambikai 2005 M Swaminathan D M Swaminathan 1945 Member of Parliament 315 316 Governor of Western Province 317 also related to Coomaraswamy Viswanather Arumugam Cathiravelu EditVinayakar Viswanather Viswanather Arumugam Arumugam Canagaratnam Member of Legislative Council 318 Arumugam Cathiravelu Magistrate and District Judge Cathiravelu Sittampalam CCS 1898 1964 Government Minister 319 320 Member of Parliament 321 Cathiravelu Ponnambalam first mayor of Jaffna 322 323 Viswanather Casipillai Crown ProctorWanniarachchi EditDharmadasa Wanniarachchi Government Minister Member of Parliament Governor of North Western Province Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi 1964 Government Minister Member of Parliament Kanchana Jayaratne Chairman Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council W A Karunasena Member of Parliament 1960 67 Wickremesinghe EditD P Wickremasinghe Government Minister Member of Parliament Neranjan Wickremasinghe Deputy Minister Member of Parliament 324 325 Abeywardena Wickramasinghe EditDr S A Wickramasinghe is the first leftist member to elect to the State council in 1931 in Sri Lanka Dr S A Wickramasinghe represent the state council and Parliament since 1931 1977 W P A Wickramasinghe member of parliament in Sri Lanka s first ever Parliament in 1947 Doreen Wickramasinghe member of parliament 1951 1956 Dayananda A Wickramasinghe member of parliament and Minister of United National Party Government in 1977 1994 Percy Wickramasinghe member of parliament 1970 1977Welagedara EditDingiri Bandara D B Welagedara 1915 1989 Government Minister Member of Parliament Governor of North Central Province 326 Sarath Welagedara 1946 State Minister Member of ParliamentWickremanayake EditRatnasiri Wickremanayake 1933 2016 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 327 Government Minister Member of Parliament Vidura Wickremanayake Member of Parliament 328 329 Provincial CouncillorWijewardene EditRef 330 Tudugalage Muhandiram Don Phillip Wijeywardene Muhandiram Dona Helena Dep Weerasinghe Don Richard Wijewardena 1886 1950 331 Alice Meedeniya Ranjith Wijewardene Ranjani Senanayake Ruwan Wijewardene 1975 Member of Parliament Cabinet Minister 297 298 332 295 296 Nalini Wijewardene Esmond Wickremesinghe 333 334 Ranil Wickremasinghe 1949 9th President of Sri Lanka Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Government Minister Member of Parliament 335 Rani Wijewardene George Gomes Shalini Gomes Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle Member of Parliament Project Minister Science and Technology Member North Central Provincial Council Director General Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka T R C S L Engineer AC amp R Don Charles Wijewardene 1893 19 Vimala Wijewardene Member of Parliament Minister of Health 336 Padmini Wijewardene Rukmani Wijewardene C Beligammana Ananda Wijewardene Don Walter T 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