Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi | |
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Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation ) | |
Member of Parliament for Colombo District Kolonnawa | |
In office 25 August 1977 –24 October 1994 | |
Preceded by | T. B. Ilangaratne |
Succeeded by | Bennet Cooray |
Majority | 5300 votes |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 November 1929 Kandy Central province |
Died | 24 October 1994 64) Thotalanga,Grandpass, Sri Lanka | (aged
Manner of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse | Prema Mallimaratchi |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | 10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa |
Alma mater | Ananda College &Dharmaraja College,Kandy |
Profession | Politician/Underworld godgodfather |
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]