| J. P. Jayasena | |
| Order: | Senator of Ceylon |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Kandy |
| Death Date: | 21 December 1990 |
| Death Place: | Kandy Lakeside Hospital |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Party: | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
| Occupation: | Landed Proprietor, |
| Spouse: | Danawathie Jayasena nee Gunatunga |
| Relations: | Father: Mr P M John, Mother: P M Gunathillaka, Brother: Senator P M Jayasena |
| Children: | Mahinda Jayasena (Son), Padmini Jayasena (Daughter) |
| Profession: | Educationist, Philanthropist |
| Footnotes: | Vice President of the SLFP, Volunteer English Teacher at Kadugannawa Sri Nivasa Pirivena, Director of the Sathosa, Usawasama, Salusala and Janawasama from 1970-1977, Member of the Sri Lanka delegation to Arab Baath Socialist Conference held in April, 1977 in Iraq |
J. P. Jayasena (1921-1990) was a Ceylonese Senator. He was educated at the Kingswood College, Kandy.[1] where he passed his Metriculation Examination.