| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| C. V. Gunaratne | |
| Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: සී. වී. ගුණරත්න |
| Office1: | Minister of Industrial Development |
| President1: | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Primeminister1: | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Term Start1: | 1994 [1] [2] |
| Term End1: | 2000 |
| Constituency Mp2: | Colombo District |
| Parliament2: | Sri Lankan |
| Term Start2: | 1989 |
| Term End2: | 2000 |
| Death Place: | Rathmalana, Sri Lanka |
| Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Alma Mater: | Royal College, Colombo |
Clement Victor Gunaratne (Sinhala; Sinhalese: ක්ලෙමෙන්ට් වික්ටර් ගුණරත්න) was Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Industries Development. He and his wife along with 20 others[3] were killed by a suicide bomber of the LTTE organization on 7 June 2000.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo where was captain of the rugby team. His father was Major L. V. Gooneratne, ED, CCC the first Mayor of Dehiwala - Mt Lavinia[9] [10] He entered politics as a member of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council in which he was Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka Freedom Party). He was chosen as a Central Committee Member of the SLFP in early 1970s and was elected to parliament in the parliamentary general election held in 1989.