| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi | |
| Order: | Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation) |
| Constituency Mp: | Colombo District Kolonnawa |
| Parliament: | Sri Lanka |
| Majority: | 5300 votes |
| Predecessor: | T. B. Ilangaratne |
| Successor: | Bennet Cooray |
| Term Start: | 25 August 1977 |
| Term End: | 24 October 1994 |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Kandy Central province |
| Death Place: | Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka |
| Death Cause: | Assassination |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Spouse: | Prema Mallimaratchi |
| Party: | United National Party |
| Children: | 3 |
| Residence: | 10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa |
| Alma Mater: | Ananda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy |
| Profession: | Politician |
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (6 November 1929 - 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 until his assassination.[1]
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]