Hon.
Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi
Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation )
Member of Parliament
for Colombo District Kolonnawa
In office
25 August 1977 – 24 October 1994
Preceded byT. B. Ilangaratne
Succeeded byBennet Cooray
Majority5300 votes
Personal details
Born6 November 1929
Kandy Central province
Died24 October 1994(1994-10-24) (aged 64)
Thotalanga, Grandpass,
Sri Lanka.
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
SpousePrema Mallimaratchi
ChildrenJayantha,Kumar & Janaka
Residence(s)10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa
Alma materAnanda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy
ProfessionPolitician

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]

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]

See also

References

  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. ↑ "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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