Sarath Ranawaka | |
Constituency Mp: | Kalutara |
Parliament: | Sri Lanka |
Term Start: | 1989 |
Term End: | 2000 |
Term Start1: | 2004 |
Term End1: | 2009 |
Successor1: | Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1951 |
Birth Place: | Kalutara, Sri Lanka |
Death Place: | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Party: | United National Party |
Occupation: | Politics |
Children: | Angana Ranawaka |
Alma Mater: | Nalanda College Colombo |
Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka (15 July 1951 – 25 July 2009) was a Member of Parliament representing Kalutara Electoral District.[1]
He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.
Ranawaka was first elected to parliament as the United National Party candidate at the 9th parliamentary election, held on 15 February 1989, for multi-member electoral district of Kalutura.[2] He was re-elected at the 10th parliamentary election, held on 16 August 1994.[3] He failed to get re-elected at the 11th parliamentary election, held on 10 October 2000, but was successful at the 13th parliamentary election, held on 2 April 2004, where he stood as one of the United National Front/United National Party candidates.[4]
Ranawaka died on the morning of 25 July 2009 at Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital.[5] [6] His parliamentary replacement, Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna, was sworn in on 6 August 2009.[7]