Abeyratne Ratnayaka was a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n politician. He was the first Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon

Senate of Ceylon

The Senate of Ceylon was the upper chamber of the parliament of Ceylon established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed/indirectly elected rather than directly elected. The Senate was housed in the old Legislative Council building in Colombo Fort and met for the first time...

, a Member of Parliament & State Council. He received his primary education at Dharmaraja College Kandy and secondary education at Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

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. His granddaughter Professor

Professor

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 Kshanika Hirimburegam, was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo

University of Colombo

The University of Colombo is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka...

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