Fernando is a given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".
Peduru Hewage William de Silva was a 20th-century Marxist/Trotskyist Sri Lankan politician.
Edmund Peter Samarakkody was a Ceylonese lawyer, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament.
The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of the parliament of Ceylon established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution. The House was housed in the old State Council building in Galle Face Green, Colombo and met for the first time on 14 October 1947. The First Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka, adopted on 22 May 1972, replaced the House of Representatives with the unicameral National State Assembly.
Chandima Weerakkody MP is a Member of Parliament representing the Galle District.He is currently a member of parliament representing Galle district.
Johnston Xavier Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, former Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade.
Ronald Joseph Godfrey de Mel, CCS is a Sri Lankan politician, Born: 11 April 1925. civil servant and Senior Adviser to President. He was Cabinet Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988 United National Party government and was instrumental in the establishment of the free market economy in Sri Lanka. He was a Member of Parliament from the Matara District in the Parliament of Sri Lanka until 2004.
Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Sri Lankan Parliament for Monaragala District and current State Minister of Paddy and Cereals, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chilies, Onions and Potatoes, Seed Production and High Tech Agriculture.
Puttalam electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 registered electors in 2010.
Harin Fernando, MP is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a current Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament from National List. He is the former Cabinet Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure facilities, Foreign Employment and Sports He was the 7th Chief Minister of Uva Province.
Arundika Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Fernando was sacked from his deputy minister position in 2017 by President Sirisena.
Buttala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Buttala in Moneragala District, Uva Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Buttala electoral district is now represented by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district.
Weerahennedige Theodore Wilfred Meryl Fernando was a Ceylonese teacher, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament.
Mallika de Mel was a Sri Lankan social worker and politician. She was a Member of Parliament from the Matara electorate from 2001 to 2004.
Kusala Vichitra Abhayavardhana was a Sri Lankan social worker. She was the co-founder of the Civil Service International in Sri Lanka, founding secretary International Women’s Year Sri Lanka and national chair of the Women in Peace in Sri Lanka. She was a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1977.
Thomas Quentin Fernando was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a Deputy Chairman of Committees and Member of Parliament from 1960 to 1967.
Kachchakaduge Nalin Ruwanjeewa Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
Asanka Samithajeewa Nawaratne is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
Thanthulage William Fernando was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya and Mayor of Nuwara Eliya.
