G. M. Premachandra
Sri Lankan politician and statesman
Hon. G. M. Premachandra | |
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Former Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training | |
Member of Parliament for Kurunegala District | |
In office 25 August 1994 – 24 October 1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 August 1940 Sri Lanka |
Died | 24 October 1994(1994-10-24) (aged 54) Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka |
Manner of death | Assassination by suicide bomb attack |
Political party | United National Party |
Gamini M. Premachandra (24 August 1940 – 24 October 1994) was a Sri Lanka politician who served as the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party government from 1990 to 1994.[1] He was re-elected from the Parliamentary election of 1994.
Death
Premachandra 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] He was an alumnus of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.[citation needed]
See also
- Gamini Dissanayake
- Mawatagama Electoral District
References
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Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Kurunegala
- Kurunegala Electoral District (1947–1989)
- Current District: Kurunegala Electoral District
- (1989 – 1994): G. M. Premachandra
- Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
- Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara
- Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka
- Ariya Bandara Rekawa
- Ukkubanda Wijekoon
- Upali Piyasoma
- S. B. Nawinne
- Herath Banda Wanninayaka
- H. M. A. Loku Bandara
- A. M. Munidasa Premachandra
- Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake
- Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe
- Lionel Rajapaksa
- Jayasena Rajakaruna
- (1994 – 2000): S. B. Nawinne
- Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- T. B. Ekanayake
- Munidasa Premachandra
- Salinda Dissanayake
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- Bandula Basnayake
- Upali Piyasoma
- Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
- A. H. M. Alavi
- Jayadeva Chandrawansha
- Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake
- H. M. A. Loku Bandara
- Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe
- Jayasena Rajakaruna
- (2000 – 2001): Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Johnston Fernando
- S. B. Nawinne
- Jayarathna Herath
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- Upali Piyasoma
- Salinda Dissanayake
- Rohitha Bogollagama
- Sarath Munasinghe
- Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
- Nimal Bandara Rathnayake
- Soma Kumari Tennakoon
- Ranjith Navaratne
- Munidasa Premachandra
- Nimal Herath
- (2001 – 2004): Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Johnston Fernando
- S. B. Nawinne
- Salinda Dissanayake
- Indika Bandaranayake
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- Rohitha Bogollagama
- Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake
- Upali Piyasoma
- Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
- Anura Gopallawa
- Jayarathna Herath
- T. B. Ekanayake
- Soma Kumari Tennakoon
- Bimal Rathnayake
- (2004 – 2010): Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Bimal Rathnayake
- M. D. Namal Karunaratne
- Johnston Fernando
- Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- Indika Bandaranayake
- T. B. Ekanayake
- S. B. Nawinne
- Jayarathna Herath
- Dayasiri Jayasekara
- Salinda Dissanayake
- Bandula Basnayake
- Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
- Rohitha Bogollagama
- (2010 – 2015): Johnston Fernando
- Dayasiri Jayasekara
- T. B. Ekanayake
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- K. W. Shantha Bandara
- S. B. Nawinne
- Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
- Jayarathna Herath
- Salinda Dissanayake
- Neranjan Wickremasinghe
- Indika Bandaranayake
- Tharanath Basnayaka
- Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Ashoka Abeysinghe
- Nimal Wijesinghe
- (2015 – Present): Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
- Dayasiri Jayasekara
- J. C. Alawathuwala
- Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- T. B. Ekanayake
- Nalin Bandara
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- S. B. Nawinne
- Johnston Fernando
- Ashoka Abeysinghe
- Thushara Indunil
- Salinda Dissanayake
- Indika Bandaranayake
- Tharanath Basnayaka