List of political families in Sri Lanka

Ashraff

M. H. M. Ashraff
M. H. M. Ashraff
Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff was a Sri Lankan politician and founder/leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress political party.-Early life:...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Ferial Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Abeywickrema

Simon Abeywickrema, Government Minister, Member of State Council, founding member of the UNP
Henry Abeywickrema, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, founding member of the SLFP
- Ananda Abeywickrema, co-organizer of the Beddegama electorate in the Galle district

Aluwihare

Bernard Aluwihare, State Counsellor
Alik Aluwihare, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Ranjith Aluvihare (1958-), Member of Parliament
- Wasantha Aluwihare, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Central Province
- Daljith Aluwihare, Opposition Leader, Matale Municipal Council
- Prasanna Kumara Aluwihare, Current Member of Pradeshiya saba Matale, Former National javelin record holder / National Kabadi player / First class cricketer & Government Sports officer

Atapattu

Don Johannes Atapattu + Kadawedduwage Dona Carolina Wijekoon
- D. P. Atapattu (1899-1976), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Daya Dahanayake
  - Dr Ranjit Atapattu
    Ranjit Atapattu
    Ranjit Atapattu is a Sri Lankan physician and politician. He was the Cabinet Minister of Health in the United National Party governments from 1977 until 1989. The son of D. P. Atapattu, former MP and Deputy Minister of State, Ranjit Atapattu was educated at Royal College Colombo and the University...
    
    Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    - Dr Druvindra Atapattu, contestant in 2009 General Election

(also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku

Karunasena Kodituwakku

Karunasena Kodituwakku is a Sri Lankan politician and former academic and diplomat. He is a former government Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development, Education, and Cultural Affairs and a former Governor of the North Western Province...

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Athulathmudali

Don William Athulathmudali
- Don Daniel Athulathmudali (1901-58), Member of State Council
  - Lalith Athulathmudali
    Lalith Athulathmudali
    Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali , PC was a Sri Lankan politician of the United National Party and former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and deputy minister of defence.-Early life and teaching career:Born to a family of Lawyers, his...
    
    (1936-93), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Sirimani Athulathmudali Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Attanayake

Attanayake Mudiyanselage Jayawardena Attanayake (Member of Parliament, Moneragala District 1970 and 1994)
- Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kithsiri Senarath Bandara Attanayake
  Senarath Attanayake
  Attanayake Mudiyanselage Kithsiri Senarath Bandara Attanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer...
  
  (Former Provincial Minister of Uva Province and current Member of Uva Provincial Council)

Attygalle

Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle
- Alice Attygalle + John Kotelawala
  - General Sir John Kotelawala
    John Kotelawala
    General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, KBE, CH, KStJ, CLI was a Sri Lankan soldier and politician, most notable for serving as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1953 to 1956....
    
    (1897-1980), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Member of Legislative Council
  - Justin Kotalawela
    Justin Kotalawela
    Justin Kotalawela was a Sri Lankan businessman and Senator. He was the former Chairman of the Ceylinco Group.Born to John Kotelawala a police inspector, and his bother was Sir John Kotelawala 3rd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He was educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo...
    
    (1905-73), Senator + Millicent de Silva
    - Dr Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala
      Lalith Kotelawala
      Deshmanya Jeewaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotelawala is a Sri Lankan businessman, who is the chairman of Ceylinco Consolidated. He was remanded for the misappropriation of 26 billion rupees of investments from the failed Golden Key Credit Company. Dr.Lalith Kotelawala was a highly respected businessman...
- Lena Attygalle + Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene
  Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene
  Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene, JP, CLI was a Ceylonese engineer, politician and military officer...
  
  (1872-1945), Member of State Council
- Ellen Attygalle + Fredrick Richard Senanayake
  Fredrick Richard Senanayake
  Fredrick Richard Senanayake popularly referred to as F.R. Senanayake) was a Sri Lankan politician and independence activist.-Education:...
  
  (1882-1926), Member of Legislative Council
  - Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
    Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
    Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake was a Sri Lankan politician. He was Cabinet Minister of Trade and Commerce during the period 1952-56 and was elected a Member of Parliament from Dambadeniya in 1952 and in 1956 from Kelaniya, thus holding concurrent seats from two constituencies, while he retained his...
    
    (1911-1970), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Bandara

Chandra Bandara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Chandani Bandara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Bandaranaike

Don Francisco Dias Wijetunga Bandaranaike (1720-), Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale + Dona Maria Perera
- Conrad Pieter Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudliyar
  - Jacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike (1780-), Mudaliyar of Governor Gate & Translator of Supreme Court + Liyanage Catherine Philipsz Panditharatne
    - Rev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike + Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias Bandaranaike
      - Felix Reginold Dias Bandaranaike (1861-1947) + Annie Lucy (Florence) de Alwis (1864-1920)
        
        Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1891-1951), Judge of the Supreme Court + Freda Dias Abeysinghe
        
        Felix Dias Bandaranaike
        Felix Dias Bandaranaike
        Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Cabinet Minister of Finance, Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister and Defence and External Affairs and Cabinet Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister...
        
        (1930-1985), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Don Daniel Dias Banaranaike + Dona Clara Amarasekere
  - Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (-1859), Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale, 1st Udagaha Mudaliyar + Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de Saram
    - Don Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake Seneviratne Bandaranaike (1826-), Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar + Anna Florentina Philipsz Panditharatne
      - Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike
        Solomon Dias Bandaranaike
        Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, KCMG, Maha Mudaliyar, JP was the chief native representative, interpreter and adviser to the Governor of Ceylon by appointment as Head Mudaliyar and therefore was one of the most powerful personalities in...
        
        JP (1862-1946), Maha Mudaliyar
        Sri Lankan Mudaliyars
        Mudali was a colonial title & office in Sri Lanka. The Portuguese colonials created the Mudaliyar class in the 17th century by enlisting natives of different castes form the coastal areas, who were most likely to serve the Portuguese masters with utmost loyalty. The Dutch continued the practice of...
        
        + Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere
        
        S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899-1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council + Sirimavo Bandaranaike
        Sirimavo Bandaranaike
        Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...
        
        (1916-2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator
        
        Sunethra Bandaranaike
        Sunethra Bandaranaike
        Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and a socialite.She is the eldest daughter of former Prime Ministers Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike and sister of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and former Speaker Anura...
        
        (c1943-), politician and socialite
        
        Chandrika Kumaratunga
        Chandrika Kumaratunga
        Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...
        
        (1945-), President of Sri Lanka
        President of Sri Lanka
        The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...
        
        , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
        Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
        The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...
        
        , Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga
        Vijaya Kumaratunga
        Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga was a popular Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga from 1978 to his assassination in 1988.- Family life :In 1978, Kumaratunga married Chandrika Bandaranaike, daughter of the...
        
        (1945-88), actor and politician
        
        Anura Bandaranaike
        Anura Bandaranaike
        Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker , and in several cabinet ministries as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005, Minister of Higher Education , Minister of Tourism , Minister of National Heritage and Leader of the Opposition...
        
        (1949-2008); Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
        Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
        In Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system.The...
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament

(also related to Felix Dias Bandaranaike

Felix Dias Bandaranaike

Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Cabinet Minister of Finance, Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister and Defence and External Affairs and Cabinet Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister...

, Barnes Ratwatte, Harris Ratwatte, SD Bandaranaike, Clifford Ratwatte, Mallika Ratwatte, Anuruddha Ratwatte

Anuruddha Ratwatte

General Anuruddha Leuke Ratwatte was a Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. He had also served as the Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Tooth Kandy and was educated at Trinity College, Kandy. He was a cousin of the Sirimavo Bandaranaike...

, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Pandu Bandaranaike, Jeewan Kumaranatunga

Jeewan Kumaranatunga

Jeewan Kumaranatunga is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

, Lohan Ratwatte

Lohan Ratwatte

Evindaa Lohan Ratwatte MP is a Member of Parliament representing the Kandy District. He is the son of General Anuruddha Ratwatte, ex acting Diyawadana Nilame and former Cabinet Minister...

, Ranjan Ramanayake

Ranjan Ramanayake

Ranjan Ramanayake is an actor and director from Sri Lanka. He rose to fame with a leading role in the commercial film Jaya Kothenada and mainted his status a commercial film star through the 1990s...

and Mahendra Ratwatte)

Bakeer Markar

Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar
Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar
Deshamanya Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar was the first Member of Parliament to represent Beruwala from March 1960 to April 1960, the Member of Parliament for Beruwala from April 1965 to March 1970, the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament from August 4, 1977 to September 7, 1978, the Speaker of the...

(1917-97), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system.The...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Southern Province
- Imithiaz Bakeer Markar, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Coomaraswamy
Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy Family
The Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family was an immensely powerful family in Sri Lanka which many say was responsible for the 20th century rise of the Tamil Vellala caste of the island. Many members of the family have received knighthoods from the British Sovereign in the past...

Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy
Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy
Gate Mudaliyar Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician during the British Raj, and served on the Legislative Council from 1833 to 1846. He was an Indian from Tamil Nadu who migrated to Jaffna in the early 19th century. He was the father of Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy and...

(1783-1836), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Legislative Council
- Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy
  Muthu Coomaraswamy
  Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy, FRGS was a prominent colonial era legislator from Sri Lanka. He was the first native Asian and Sri Lankan to be knighted by Queen Victoria....
  
  CCS FRGS (1833-1879), Member of Legislative Council + Elizabeth Clay Beeby
  - Ananda Coomaraswamy
    Ananda Coomaraswamy
    Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was a Ceylonese philosopher and metaphysician, as well as a pioneering historian and philosopher of Indian art, particularly art history and symbolism, and an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West...
    
    (1877-1947)
- Sellachchi Coomaraswamy + Arunachalam Ponnambalam (1814-1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate
  - Ponnambalam Coomaraswamy (1849-1905), Member of Legislative Council
  - Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan
    Ponnambalam Ramanathan
    Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC was a Solicitor-General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka.-Early life:...
    
    KCMG QC (1851-1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon
    Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
    The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by four Additional Solicitors General.-List of Solicitor Generals:...
    
    , Member of Legislative Council + Leelawathy Ramanathan
    Leelawathy Ramanathan
    Leelawathy Ramanathan was the Australia-born wife of Ponnambalam Ramanathan.-Hinduism:She studied Hindu scriptures, and converted to Hinduism upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan in 1906. She wrote many Hindu books, including a version of the Ramayana in English. She also published many of...
    
    (1870-1953)
    - Sivagamasundari + Subaiya Nadesan
      Subaiya Nadesan
      Subaiya Nadesapillai also known as S. Nadesan was the son-in-law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan and a Tamil senator from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was a United National Party candidate and defeated Samuel Chelvanayakam in the 1952 Jaffna elections, after losing to him in the 1947 elections from...
      
      , Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
  - Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam
    Ponnambalam Arunachalam
    Sir Ponnambalam Arunachchalam, CCS was a Tamil political leader in Ceylon and a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.-Early life:...
    
    KCMG CCS (1853-1924), Member of Executive Council
    Executive Council of Ceylon
    The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833....
    
    , Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
    - Arunachalam Padmanabha
    - Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva
      Arunachalam Mahadeva
      Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG was a Sri Lankan, prominent colonial era legislator and diplomat. He was Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India....
      
      KCMG (1888-1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
      - Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
    - Arunachalam Ramanathan
    - Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, Senator
      - Pararajasingham Nadesan
      - Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
        
        D. M. Swaminathan
        D. M. Swaminathan
        Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....
        
        (1945-), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to D. M. Swaminathan

D. M. Swaminathan

Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....

and Ulaganathar of Manipay)

Corea

Mudliyar Corea-Vikramasinha, Mudaliyar of Peliyagoda, 1630
Vikramasinha-Corea - son of the Mudaliyar, Dissawa of Puttalam
Christoffel Corea-Vikramasinha, Mohandiram of Hapitigam Korale
Louis Corea-Vikramasinha, Padicara Mohindaram
Abraham Corea, Mohandiram of the Chilaw District
Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea
Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea
-Early life:Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was born in Chilaw, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, on the 2nd of December 1865. His father was Johannes Christoffel Corea who was a Mudaliyar of the Chilaw District....

- appointed Mudaliyar in 1899, Inspector of Coaches and Inquirer of Crimes of the Chilaw District, in charge of the rural police in Pitigal Korale North
Charles Edgar Corea
Charles Edgar Corea
-Early life:C.E.Corea was born in the west coast town of Chilaw, in Sri Lanka. His parents were Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea, a leading lawyer from Chilaw and Henritta Seneviratne. He was educated at the premier institution, Royal College Colombo where he excelled in his studies. He earned a...

- elected to the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924)
Victor Corea
Victor Corea
Charles Edward Victor Seneviratne Corea was born in Chilaw, Sri Lanka on 29 January 1871 to Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea, a famous lawyer, and Henrietta Seneviratne. He was the youngest out of five children, three boys and two girls, Charles Edgar Corea, James Alfred Ernest Corea, Agnes Corea...

- founder Member of the Ceylon National Congress, elected to the Legislative Council
Sir Claude Corea
Claude Corea
Sir George Claude Stanley Corea was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.-Family background:He was born on 29 January 1894 to a well known Ceylonese political family hailing from the Western seaboard town of Chilaw. His father was Alfred Winzer Corea who was an officer in government police and his...

- Minister of Labour 1946,High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK, Ceylon's Ambassador in the USA, President of the United Nations Security Council
Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon, Member of Parliament for Chilaw
Dr. Gamani Corea
Gamani Corea
Deshamanya Gamani Corea is a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1974 to 1984, Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and...

, Ambassador, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations
Ernest Corea
Ernest Corea
-Early life:Corea was born in Kurana, Katunayake in Ceylon.His parents were Reverend Canon Ivan Corea and Ouida Corea, and was the brother of Vernon Corea a pioneering broadcaster with Radio Ceylon/SLBC and Ethinic Minorities Adviser to the BBC. Rev. Corea was Rural Dean of Colombo in the Church...

, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America
Harindra Corea
Harindra Corea
Harindra Corea Barrister-at-Law, Attorney-at-Law, was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, who represented Chilaw, he was member of the United National Party of Sri Lanka. Harindra Corea was born in Colombo. His father was the illustrious politician and diplomat, Sir Claude...

, Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament for Chilaw
Kumari Corea, Local Councillor for Chilaw

Dissanayake

Andrew Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Gamini Dissanayake
  Gamini Dissanayake
  Lionel Gamini Dissanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and a former presidential candidate and Leader of the Opposition.-Early life:...
  
  (1942-94), Presidential candidate (1994), Leader of the Opposition
  Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)
  The Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lanka is the politician who leads main opposition. This is the leader of the largest party not within the government, usually the leader of the second largest party in the Parliament...
  
  , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Navin Dissanayake (1969-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Mayantha Dissanayake
    Mayantha Dissanayake
    Mayantha Yasvan Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a son of Gamini Dissanayake a Presidential candidate and grandson of Andrew Dissanayake who served as an MP for the Nuwara Eliya electorate and a deputy minister in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government...
    
    , Politician

Karu Jayasuriya

Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya is the current deputy Leader of the United National Party , the main Opposition party of Sri Lanka and Ex Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs. He is also a Member of Parliament representing the Gampaha District...

Government Minister, Member of Parliament - Father in law of Navin Dissanayake

Dissanayake

Berty Premalal Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of North Central Province + Jayani Tissera Dissanayake
- Duminda Dissanayake
  Duminda Dissanayake
  Duminda Dissanayake, MP is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.- Family :Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys...
  
  (1979-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Senani Lanka Jayaratne

D. M. Jayaratne

Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne MP is the 20th and current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and a veteran Sri Lankan politician. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on April 21, 2010.-Early life:D. M...

Prime Minister, Member of Parliament - Father in law of Duminda Dissanayake

De Mel

Ronnie de Mel
Ronnie De Mel
Ronald Joseph Godfrey de Mel, CCS is a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant and currently Senior Adviser to President. He was Cabinet Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988 and was instrumental in the establishment of the free market economy in Sri Lanka...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Mallika de Mel, Member of Parliament

Ganesan

V. P. Ganeshan, trade unionist, politician, film producer and actor
- Mano Ganesan
  Mano Ganesan
  Mano Ganesan MP is a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament and the current leader of the Democratic People's Front, a political party in Sri Lanka, President of Democratic Workers Congress, a trade union and Convener of the Civil Monitoring Commission, a human rights monitoring peoples...
  
  (1959-), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
- Praba Ganesan (1964-), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Gopallawa

William Gopallawa
William Gopallawa
William Gopallawa , MBE was the last Governor General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic in 1972 and changed its name to Sri Lanka...

(1897-1981), Governor-General of Ceylon, President of Sri Lanka
President of Sri Lanka
The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...
- Monty Gopallawa
  Monty Gopallawa
  Monty Gopallawa Monty Gopallawa Monty Gopallawa ( (born 16 January 1941 - September 26, 2005) was a Sri Lankan politician.Monty was the son of William Gopallawa who served as Governor-General of Ceylon and President of Sri Lanka. Monty was a member of Sri Lanka's parliament...
  
  (1941-2005), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Nimal Kobbekaduwa
- Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa + Dr Mackie Ratwatte
- Chintha Gopallawa
  - Devika Mediwake + Neranjan Wijeyeratne
    Neranjan Wijeyeratne
    Neranjan Priyadarshana Dullewe Wijeyeratne is a Sri Lankan politician...
    
    (1956-)

(also related to Ratwatte)

Gunawardena (Boralugoda Appuhamy)

Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena (1879-1947) + Leonora
- Philip Gunawardena
  Philip Gunawardena
  Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena introduced Trotskyism to Sri Lanka, where he is a national hero, known as 'the Father of Socialism' and as 'the Lion of Boralugoda'.-Early life & education:...
  
  (1901-72), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council The 'Father of Socialism in Sri Lanka', first person to call for Independence in Sri Lanka + Kusuma Siri Amarasinghe (1912-85) Member of Parliament
  - Indika Gunawardena
    Indika Gunawardena
    Indika Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Finance in Fisheries, Higher Education and a Member of Parliament...
    
    , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Prasanna Gunawardena
    Prasanna Gunawardena
    Prasanna Gunawardena was a former Mayor of Colombo and a current Presidential adviser. The brother of Dinesh Gunawardena, Indika Gunawardena and son of Philip Gunawardena, he was educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo.-See also:*Philip Gunawardena...
    
    , Mayor of Colombo
    Mayor of Colombo
    The Mayor of Colombo is the Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Colombo Municipal Council established by the Legislative Council of Ceylon. The officers of the mayor are at the Colombo Town Hall. The mayors legal title is His worship the Mayor of...
    
    & Presidential adviser
  - Dinesh Gunawardena
    Dinesh Gunawardena
    Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan socialist politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister, Govt Chief Whip and as well as leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna . He is the third son of Philip Gunawardena and Kusuma Gunawardena.-Early life:He received his schooling...
    
    (1949-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Gitanjana Gunawardena
    Gitanjana Gunawardena
    Gitanjana Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...
    
    (1952-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Don Benjamin (Robert) Rupasinghe Gunawardena (1904-1971), Member of Parliament
- Caroline Gunawardena + S C C (Tony) Anthonypillai, Trade Unionist, Member of the Lok Sabha
  Lok Sabha
  The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
- Emily Angeline Gunawardena + Dr Don Allenson Goonetilleke
  - Vivienne Goonewardena
    Vivienne Goonewardena
    Violet Vivienne Goonewardena was a Sri Lankan pioneer socialist and feminist. Her life and politics were shaped by the most interesting times of the Sri Lankan Left and she was in turn one of its more colourful personalities.-Political beginnings:Goonewardena was drawn into politics while still...
    
    (1916-96), Member of Parliament + Leslie Goonewardena, Member of Parliament

Hewavitharana-Moonesinghe

Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana
Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana
Muhandiram Lansage Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana was a Sri Lankan businessman, a philanthropist and a pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement...

(1809-90), founder President of the Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder President of the Buddhism Protection Committee, founder of the Vidyodaya Pirivena and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
- Mallika Dharmagunawardhana + Don Carolis Hewavitharana
  Don Carolis Hewavitharana
  Don Carolis Hewavitharana Wijeyaguneratne was a Ceylonese businessman, industrialist, philanthropist and a pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement. He was the father of Anagarika Dharmapala, and created a political family of considerable influence.-Early life:He was born in Yatiyana, Hittetiya,...
  
  (1833-1906) founder member of Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder member of the Buddhist Defence Committee and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
  - Anagarika Dharmapala
    Anagarika Dharmapala
    Anagarika Dharmapala was a leading figure of Buddhism in the twentieth century. He was one of the founding contributors of Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism and Protestant Buddhism...
    
    (Don David Hewawitharana) (1864-1923), Leader of the Buddhist revival movement
  - Edmund Hewawitharana (1870-1915) + Sujatha Peiris
    - Neil Kamal Hewawitharana (1904-39), Member of State Council
      - Gamini Jayasuriya
        Gamini Jayasuriya
        Gamini Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Health, Agriculture Development and a Member of Parliament and former General Secretary of the United National Party. He was educated at Royal College Colombo....
        
        (Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament)
  - Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitharana
    Charles Alwis Hewavitharana
    Charles Alwis Hewavitharana, FRCS, LRCP was a Ceylonese physician who played a significant role in Sir Lanka's Sri Lankan independence movement...
    
    (1876-1929), leader in the independence movement
  - Dona Engeltina Hewavitharana + Jacob Moonesinghe, a leader of the Buddhist revival movement
    - Sanath Moonesinghe
      - Mangala Moonesinghe
        Mangala Moonesinghe
        Mangala Moonesinghe is a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2002 and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India from 1995 to 2000...
        
        , Member of Parliament, High Commissioner to India and UK
    - Piyadas Moonesinghe (1896-1969) + Beatrice Wijegoonewardena de Silva Senanayaka (1900-89)
      - Anil Moonesinghe
        Anil Moonesinghe
        Anil Moonesinghe was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician and trade unionist. He became a Member of Parliament, a Cabinet Minister, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and a Diplomat. He authored several books and edited newspapers and magazines. He was Chairperson and General Manager of...
        
        (1927-2002), Deputy Speaker, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, trade unionist, diplomat
      - Susil Moonesinghe
        Susil Moonesinghe
        Susil Moonesinghe is a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and diplomat and current Chairman of State Trading Wholesale Company Ltd. A former Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council and a member of parliament, he was a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran...
        
        (1930-), Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of the Western Province, diplomat d

Ilangaratne

T. B. Ilangaratne
T. B. Ilangaratne
Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne was a Sri Lankan politician, author, dramatist, and theater actor he was Member of Parliament for Kandy, Galaha, Hewaheta and Kolonnawa in Colombo district...

(1913-92), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne, Member of Parliament

Jayewardene

Tombi Mudaliyar Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1768-1830) A descendant of a Colombo Chetty originally from Coromandel Coast
Coromandel Coast
The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Cape Comorin and False Divi Point...

of India who married into a Sinhalese family called Jayewardene Conspired with the British to overthrow the last King of Kandy
- Mudaliyar Don Abraham Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1801-1866)
  - James Alfred Jayewardene (c1845-1888), Deputy Coroner of Colombo + Cornelia Matilda Wijekoon
    - Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene
      Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene
      Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene, JP, CLI was a Ceylonese engineer, politician and military officer...
      
      (1872-1945), Member of State Council + Lena Attygalle
    - Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene
      Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene
      Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC was a Ceylonese judge, lawyer and politician. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and is the father of J R Jayewardene the first executive President of Sri Lanka.Born to James Alfred Jayewardene, a Proctor who was the Deputy Coroner of...
      
      KC (1874-1932), Chief Justice
      Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
      The Chief Justice of Sri Lanka is the highest post in the judicial system of Sri Lanka and heads the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President, chosen from candidates recommended by the Constitutional Council...
      
      + Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena
      - Junius Richard Jayewardene
        Junius Richard Jayewardene
        Junius Richard Jayewardene , famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence...
        
        (1906-1996), President of Sri Lanka
        President of Sri Lanka
        The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...
        
        , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
        Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
        The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
      - Hector Wilfred Jayewardene
        Hector Wilfred Jayewardene
        Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, QC was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer. In 1979 he was chairman of a UNESCO conference on human rights in Bangkok and later chairman of the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute...
        
        (1916-1990)

Jayaratne

S. D. R. Jayaratne, Government Minister
- Piyankara Jayaratne
  Piyankara Jayaratne
  Unnanthi Piyankara Jayaratne, MP is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.He is the current Cabinet Minister of Civil Aviation in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government and ex Deputy Speaker of Parliament.Educated at the Royal College Colombo and gained his higher...
  
  (1964-), Deputy Speaker, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Kariapper

Marikkar Vedarala
- Haji Marikkar Muhandiram
  - Neina Marikkar
    - Ahamedu Lebbe Kariapper
      - Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper
        
        M. S. Kariapper
        M. S. Kariapper
        Gate Mudaliyar Mohammed Samsudeen Kariapper was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.-Early life:Kariapper was born in 1899 and educated at Wesley College, Colombo. He is a wealthy farmer and a coconut planter...
        
        (1899-1989), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Parliament
        
        Subeitha + A. R. Mansoor, Member of Parliament
        
        Daughter + M. M. Musthafa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      - Zainabu Natchiar Kariapper + Mohamed Meera Lebbe
        
        Mohammed Meera Lebbe Hussain + Matheena Ummah
        
        M. H. M. Ashraff
        M. H. M. Ashraff
        Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff was a Sri Lankan politician and founder/leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress political party.-Early life:...
        
        (1948-2000), founder and leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
        Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
        The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Ferial Ismail Ashraff
        Ferial Ismail Ashraff
        Ferial Ismail Ashraff is a Sri Lankan politician. She was the wife of M. H. M. Ashraff, the deceased leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the National Unity Alliance. She was the Minister of Housing and Common Amenities under President Chandrika Kumaratunga...
        
        (1953-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      - Daughter + [200] Abdul Latheef Kariapper (had 13 children of which 1 died in infancy, 1 died in early youth)
        
        Abdul Kareem Kariapper + name not known (from Ninthavur)
        
        Daughter (Nona) Kariapper+ Advocate Shamsudeen Member of Parliament & former Sri Lankan Ambassador to UAE

Keerthiratne-Karunaratne

N. H. Keerthiratne, Government Minister
Asoka Karunaratne
Asoka Karunaratne
Nuvarapaksa Hevalage Asoka Mahanama Karunaratne was a Sri Lankan politician and philanthropist. As Cabinet Minister of Social Services, he dedicated most of his life to helping the Sri Lankan people.-Early Life and Death:...

(1916-88), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Samantha Karunaratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Lokubandara

W. J. M. Lokubandara
W. J. M. Lokubandara
Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...

(1941-), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system.The...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
- Udith Lokubandara
  Udith Lokubandara
  Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Udith Sanjaya Lokubandara MP is a Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka, representing the Badulla District. He is the son of former Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara....
  
  (1984-), Member of Parliament

Mathew

Cyril Mathew
Cyril Mathew
Kaluwadewage Cyril Mathew was a Sri Lankan politician and a writer.Mathew belonged to the United National Party and was a minister in the cabinet of President J.R. Jayewardene in the 1977s and 1980s. Mathew was the author of the book Sinhalese! Rise to Protect Buddhism, which urged Sinhalese to...

(1912-89), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Nanda Mathew, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Uva Province

Moulana

Seyed Alavi Moulana, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province)
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana is a popular Sri Lankan politician. He has been politically active since 1988, and was Member of Parliament from August 19, 1994 to December 5, 2001, and from April 9, 2004 to June 23, 2004, under the label of the United National Party...

(1956-), Member of Parliament, Diplomat, Consultant to the Ministry of Policy Planning & Implementation and Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister

Muhammedh

Mathicham Saleem Lebbe Muhammedh Thamby Vidane (1819-1879) + Amina (1827- 1899) of Negombo - He succeeded his father as the Vidane (Village Headman) for part of Negombo (assumed to be for Udayar Toppu area) somewhere around mid 1800AD
- Meena Muhammedh Thamby + Name not known
  - Yoosoof Lebbe Vidane of Negombo
    - Yoosoof Lebbe Mubarak Vidane of Negombo - He succeeded his father as the Vidane
  - Omardeen Police Vidane(d 1921)of Negombo
    - Omardeen Abdul Wahab Vidane
- Muhammedh Thamby Samsudheen Vidane Arachchi alias Dheen Arachchi (1860 – 1915) + Hafsa Marikar (1870 – 1950) of Negombo - He was appointed as the “Vidane Arachchi “ for Negombo in Eighteen Ninety Six (1896)
  - Fathima Zuhara Dheen (1893 - 1967) + Abdulla Court Mudliyar (d 1944)
    - Safa Abdulla (1914-2007) + Hussain Sheik Ismail Proctor (1901-1974) of Putlam - He entered the field of politics in 1928 when he became a member of the Puttalam Local Board. He was elected as a member of the Puttalam Urban Development Council In 1933. He became its chairman in 1938 and served in that post without a break until 1947. At the first Parliamentary elections which was held in 1947, he was elected uncontested and thus holding the distinction of being referred to as the First Member of the First Independent Parliament of Ceylon. He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food and Co-operatives under the Govt. of Rt. Hon D.S. Senanayake. As a Deputy Minister of food and Co-operatives (1947-1948) he managed to open a large number of Co-operative Societies all over the country. Later on he was elected as the Deputy Chairman of Committees and subsequently, had the distinction of being elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The culmination of Proctor Ismail’s political career came when he was unanimously elected as the speaker in 1956, thus creating another first in the annals of Sri Lankan political history; the first Muslim speaker of the parliament of Ceylon (1956-1959)
    - Abdulla Abdul Rahman Proctor (1921 – 1998)+ Hamzathul Inaya Abdul Raheeman (1927)
      - Fahima Abdul Rahman (1951) + Sheriff Sabry (1940-2008) of Ratmalana - He was the first Muslim to be appointed as the Auditor General (1993 – 2000) of Sri Lanka
    - Ummu Aimun Abdulla (1923-2000) + Anis Sheriff JP - He was the first Muslim to be the Deputy Mayor of Negombo Municipal Council and was also a member of the Western Provincial Council.
  - Ismail Dheen Proctor JP (1894 - 1968) + Hameeda Habeeblebbe (d 1970) - He was the first Muslim to qualify as a Lawyer in Negombo and was also the Quazi for Negombo
  - Samsudheen Abdul Raheeman Proctor JPUM (1896 – 1965) + Rahma Abdul Azeez (1910-2002) - He was the only Muslim to be the Chairman (1941-1944) of the then Negombo Urban Council.
  - Shareefa Dheen (1897 – 1986) + Haneefa
    - Haneefa Cafoor (1916-1970) + Jezima Muhammed (d 2001)
      - Aleema Cafoor (1947) + Farook (1937-1996) of Mawanella - He was a Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council at the time of his death
    - Haneefa Mahroof Proctor JPUM (1919 – 1990) + Hamzackiya Abdul Raheeman (1931) - He was a member of the Negombo Municipal Council
  - Faleela Dheen (1901 -1982) + Thamby Lebbe Abdul Hameed (1894 - 1959)
    - Sithy Rahma Abdul Hameed (1929-2006) + Abdul Raheem Rafeek JP (1927-1989)
      - Fariha Rafeek (1955) + Caesar Reyan Hassan (1947) of Katugastota - He obtained the highest number of preferential votes for the Pathadumbara Electorate during the local government elections held in Nineteen ninety-one (1991) and thereby became the first Muslim to be the Vice Chairman of the Pathadumbara Pradeshiya Sabava
  - Shums Ruquiya Dheen (1905– 1958) + Ali Abul Hassen JP (1903-1997)
    - Hafeela Hassen (1931) + Cassim Proctor JPUM (1923-1985)
      - Ajward Cassim (1955-1995) + Lilyana (1955) - (Migrated to Yugoslavia in 1980s) He was appointed as the Honorary Counsel General of Sri Lanka for Yugoslavia and held this post until his death.
- Muhammedh Thamby Sinna Lebbe Marikar + Name not known
  - Marikar Abdul Razak Vidane of Negombo

Nanayakkara

D. Francis Nanayakkara + Irene Nanayakkara (1917-2010)
- Vasudeva Nanayakkara
  Vasudeva Nanayakkara
  Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...
  
  (1939-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Wasanthi Nanayakkara (Lawyer)
- Yasapalitha Nanayakkara (1940-96), Provincial Councillor & Film Director + Manoshri Perera Nanayakkara
- Hemakumara Nanayakkara
  Hemakumara Nanayakkara
  Hemakumara Wickramathilaka Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...
  
  , Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Obeyesekere

James Peter Obeyesekere III
James Peter Obeyesekere III
Deshamanya James Peter Obeyesekere III was a Sri Lankan politician and aviator. A Senator, he was also an Acting Cabinet Minister of Health and Finance.-Family:...

– Politician, Senator, Government Minister + Mrs. Siva Obeyesekere – Politician, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Perera

Festus Perera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Larine Perera
Larine Perera
Mary Larine Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

Member of Parliament, Provincial Minister, Provincial Councillor
- Neroshan Perera, Member of Parliament

Ponnambalam

G. G. Ponnambalam
G. G. Ponnambalam
Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam , known as G.G. Ponnambalam, was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician in British Ceylon, and then after independence, in Ceylon. He founded the first Sri Lankan Tamil political party, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress. Ponnambalam stood for the principle of minority...

KC (1901-1977), founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
- Kumar Ponnambalam
  Kumar Ponnambalam
  Kumar Ponnambalam was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka...
  
  (1940-2000), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...
  
  , presidential candidate (1982)
  - Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
    Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
    Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and lawyer. He is the current leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, a member of the Tamil National People's Front ....
    
    (1974-), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress
    All Ceylon Tamil Congress
    All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...
    
    , Member of Parliament

Premadasa

Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa was the 3rd President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J. R. Jayewardene from February 6, 1978 to January 1, 1989...

(1924-93), President of Sri Lanka
President of Sri Lanka
The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...

, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Hema Wickrematunge
- Sajith Premadasa
  Sajith Premadasa
  Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician, current deputy Leader of the United National Party , the main Opposition party of Sri Lanka and Member of Parliament for Hambantota District and was the former Deputy Minister of Health in Sri Lanka. He is the son of Ranasinghe Premadasa the former...
  
  (1967-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Rajapaksa

Don David Rajapaksa, Vidanarachchi
- Don M Rajapaksa Member of State Council, Senator
  - Lakshman Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament
  - George Rajapaksa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    - Nirupama Rajapaksa
      Nirupama Rajapaksa
      Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...
      
      (1962-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- D. A. Rajapaksa
  D. A. Rajapaksa
  Don Alwin Rajapaksa was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, who represented the Beliatta electorate in Hambantota district from 1947 to 1965...
  
  (1905-67), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Chamal Rajapaksa
    Chamal Rajapaksa
    Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and former Cabinet Minister of Ports, Aviation, Irrigation and Water Management. He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka. His father, D. A...
    
    (1942-), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
    Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
    In Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system.The...
    
    , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    - Shashindra Rajapaksa
      Shashindra Rajapaksa
      Shashindra Rajapaksa is the Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka and current Basnayaka Nilame of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama devalaya. He is the eldest son of Chamal Rajapaksa and nephew of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.-External links:...
      
      , Chief Minister of Uva Province, Provincial Councillor
  - Mahinda Rajapaksa
    Mahinda Rajapaksa
    Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...
    
    (1945-), President of Sri Lanka
    President of Sri Lanka
    The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...
    
    , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
    Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
    The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...
    
    , Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Shiranthi Rajapaksa
    Shiranthi Rajapaksa
    Shiranthi Rajapaksa is the wife of the sixth President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and the First Lady of Sri Lanka. She a professional in child psychology and pre-school education.-Early life:...
    - Namal Rajapaksa
      Namal Rajapaksa
      Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a current Member of Parliament for Hambantota District and he hails from a well known political family. His father Mahinda Rajapaksa is the current President of Sri Lanka and his grandfather D. A...
      
      (1986-), Member of Parliament
  - Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
    Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
    Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR is a retired officer of the Sri Lanka Army and the current Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka. After serving through the early parts of the country's civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels, he retired from the Army in 1992...
    
    (1949-), Defence Secretary
  - Basil Rajapaksa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Ranatunga

Reggie Ranatunga, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
- Arjuna Ranatunga
  Arjuna Ranatunga
  Arjuna Ranatunga is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer and politician. He was the captain of Sri Lankan cricket team, and led them to an unbeaten title-winning campaign at the 1996 Cricket World Cup...
  
  (1963-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Prasanna Ranatunga, Chief Minister of Western Province
- Ruwan Ranatunga (1971-), Member of Parliament

Ratwatte

Wijayawardena Senevirat Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse
- Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse Ralahamy Ratwatte + Loku Kumarihamy Ratwatte
  - Loku Nilame Adikaram Ratwatte + Meegastenne Amunugama Medduma Kumarihamy
    - Seneviratne Nilame Ratwatte (1827-) + Amunugama Meegastenne Medduma Kumarihamy
      - Punchi Menika Ratwatte Kumarihamy + Paranagama Loku Mudiyanse
        
        Abeyratne Banda Ratwatte Basnayake + Thalgahagoda Lewke Punchi Kumarihamy
        
        Adigar Sir Cuda Ratwatte
        Cuda Ratwatte
        Adigar Sir Cuda Ratwatte was a Ceylonese, the first elected mayor of Kandy and first person from Kandy to be awarded a knighthood from the British....
        
        , First Mayor of Kandy
        Kandy
        Kandy is a city in the center of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is one of the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka; it is both an...
        
        Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1883-1957), Rate Mahattaya and Dissava of Sabaragamuwa, Senator + Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy
        
        Sirimavo Bandaranaike
        Sirimavo Bandaranaike
        Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...
        
        (1916-2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator + S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899-1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
        
        Sunethra Bandaranaike
        Sunethra Bandaranaike
        Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and a socialite.She is the eldest daughter of former Prime Ministers Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike and sister of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and former Speaker Anura...
        
        (c1943-), politician and socialite
        
        Chandrika Kumaratunga
        Chandrika Kumaratunga
        Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...
        
        (1945-), President of Sri Lanka
        President of Sri Lanka
        The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...
        
        , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
        Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
        The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...
        
        , Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga
        Vijaya Kumaratunga
        Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga was a popular Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga from 1978 to his assassination in 1988.- Family life :In 1978, Kumaratunga married Chandrika Bandaranaike, daughter of the...
        
        (1945-88), actor and politician
        
        Anura Bandaranaike
        Anura Bandaranaike
        Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker , and in several cabinet ministries as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005, Minister of Higher Education , Minister of Tourism , Minister of National Heritage and Leader of the Opposition...
        
        (1949-2008), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
        Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
        In Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system.The...
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
        
        Dr Mackie Ratwatte + Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa
        
        Clifford Ratwatte (-2009), Member of Parliament
        
        Harris Leuke Ratwatte (1900-64), Diyawadana Nilame
        Diyawadana Nilame
        Diyawadana Nilame is the office of chief lay custodian of Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Formerly an office of the Royal household, today it remains a prestigious position, enriched with over two thousand years of history to safeguard and carry out ancient rituals for the most sacred Relic...
        
        of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Member of Parliament, Senator
        
        General
        General
        A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
        
        Anuruddha Ratwatte
        Anuruddha Ratwatte
        General Anuruddha Leuke Ratwatte was a Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. He had also served as the Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Tooth Kandy and was educated at Trinity College, Kandy. He was a cousin of the Sirimavo Bandaranaike...
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
        
        Lohan Ratwatte
        Lohan Ratwatte
        Evindaa Lohan Ratwatte MP is a Member of Parliament representing the Kandy District. He is the son of General Anuruddha Ratwatte, ex acting Diyawadana Nilame and former Cabinet Minister...
        
        (1968-), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Samaraweera

Mahanama Samaraweera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Khema Samaraweera
- Mangala Samaraweera
  Mangala Samaraweera
  Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...
  
  (1956-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Sangarapillai

A. V. Sangarapillai,
- Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, Senator + Pathmavathy Arunachalam
  - Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
    - D. M. Swaminathan
      D. M. Swaminathan
      Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....
      
      (1945-), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to Coomaraswamy, Ulaganathar of Manipay)

Senanayake

Don Bartholomews Senanayake
- Don Spater Senanayake (1848-1907), Mudaliyar
  Sri Lankan Mudaliyars
  Mudali was a colonial title & office in Sri Lanka. The Portuguese colonials created the Mudaliyar class in the 17th century by enlisting natives of different castes form the coastal areas, who were most likely to serve the Portuguese masters with utmost loyalty. The Dutch continued the practice of...
  
  + Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake (1848-)
  - Don Charles Senanayake (1878-1931) + Euphemia Grace Millicent
    - Ivy Senanayake (1911-84) + Dr Edmond Asoka Bulankulame (1900-78)
      - Visakha Bulankulame (1935-99) + Tissa Wijeyeratne
        Tissa Wijeyeratne
        Suratissa Diyasena Wijeyeratne was a Sri Lankan politician, diplomat, barrister and businessman...
        
        (1923-2002)
  - Fredrick Richard Senanayake
    Fredrick Richard Senanayake
    Fredrick Richard Senanayake popularly referred to as F.R. Senanayake) was a Sri Lankan politician and independence activist.-Education:...
    
    (1882-1926), Member of Legislative Council and independence activist + Ellen Attygalle
    - Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
      Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
      Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake was a Sri Lankan politician. He was Cabinet Minister of Trade and Commerce during the period 1952-56 and was elected a Member of Parliament from Dambadeniya in 1952 and in 1956 from Kelaniya, thus holding concurrent seats from two constituencies, while he retained his...
      
      (1911-70) Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Don Stephen Senanayake
    Don Stephen Senanayake
    Don Stephen Senanayake was an independence activist who served as the first Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1947 to 1952.-Early life:...
    
    (1884-1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Member of Legislative Council
    - Dudley Senanayake
      Dudley Senanayake
      Dudley Shelton Senanayake was a Ceylonese politician, who became the second Prime Minister of Ceylon and went on to become prime minister on 2 more times during the 1950s and 1960s.-Early life:Dudley was born on 19 June, 1911 as the eldest son to Molly Dunuwila and Don Stephen Senanayake, who...
      
      (1911-73), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    - Robert Parakrama Senanayake (1913-86)
      - Ranjani Senanayake + Ranjith Wijewardene
        
        Ruwan Wijewardene
        Ruwan Wijewardene
        Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a current Member of Parliament for Gampaha District and the current United National Party chief organiser for the Biyagama Electorate...
        
        (1975-), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
      - Rukman Senanayake
        Rukman Senanayake
        Rukman Senanayake, is a long standing Sri Lankan politician and was former Member of Parliament for Kegalle District. He was the ex Vice Leader of the United National Party...
        
        (1948-), Assistant Leader of United National Party
        United National Party
        The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...
        
        , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      - Ranjit Senanayake + Suwanitha
        
        Vasantha Senanayake (1973-), Member of Parliament

(also related to Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, Junius Richard Jayewardene

Junius Richard Jayewardene

Junius Richard Jayewardene , famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence...

, Ranjan Wijeratne

Ranjan Wijeratne

General Ranjan Wijeratne was the former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of foreign affairs, Minister of State for defense and Minister of plantation industries from 1989 to 1991 in President Ranasinghe Premadasa's cabinet.-Early life:Born to Walpola Mudalige George Hercules Wijeratne and Rosalind...

and Ranil Wickremesinghe)

Senewiratne

Captain C. P. J. Senewiratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Lakshman Senewiratne
  Lakshman Senewiratne
  Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...
  
  (1957-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Silva

Mervyn Silva
Mervyn Silva
Hewa Koparage Mervyn Silva is a controversial Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.-Political career:...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Mary Lucida Silva, Member of Parliament

Tennakoon

T. B. Tennakoon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Yasaratne Tennakoon, Member of Parliament
  - Tilina Tennakoon, Member of Parliament
- Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
  Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
  Janaka Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He's currently the Minister of Lands and Land Development. He was educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy.-References:...
  
  (1953-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  - Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Provincial Councillor

Thondaman

V. E. K. R. Karuppaiah (Kumaravel) + Sithammai
- Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
  Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
  Savumiamoorthy Thondaman also spelled Saumyamurthy Thondaman. is a Sri Lankan politician who represented the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka of which he was a member...
  
  (1913-1999), founder and leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress
  Ceylon Workers' Congress
  The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...
  
  , Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kothai
  - Ramanathan Thondaman
    - Arumugam Thondaman
      Arumugam Thondaman
      Savumiamoorthy Arumugan Ramanathan Thondaman , MP is the current Cabinet Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development and the grandson of Prominent Unionist Saumyamoorthi Thondaman in Sri Lanka...
      
      (1964-), leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress
      Ceylon Workers' Congress
      The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...
      
      , Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Ulaganathar of Manipay
Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy Family
The Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family was an immensely powerful family in Sri Lanka which many say was responsible for the 20th century rise of the Tamil Vellala caste of the island. Many members of the family have received knighthoods from the British Sovereign in the past...

Ulaganathar of Manipay
- Ulaganathar Mathar (1650-)
  - Mathar Kathirgamakanakkar (1670-)
    - Kathirgamakanakkar Thillaiampalam
      - Thillaiampalam Arunachalam, Mudaliyar
        
        Arunachalam Ponnambalam (1814-1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate + Sellachchi Coomaraswamy
        
        Ponnambalam Coomaraswamy (1849-1905), Member of Legislative Council
        
        Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan
        Ponnambalam Ramanathan
        Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC was a Solicitor-General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka.-Early life:...
        
        KCMG QC (1851-1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon
        Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
        The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by four Additional Solicitors General.-List of Solicitor Generals:...
        
        , Member of Legislative Council + Leelawathy Ramanathan
        Leelawathy Ramanathan
        Leelawathy Ramanathan was the Australia-born wife of Ponnambalam Ramanathan.-Hinduism:She studied Hindu scriptures, and converted to Hinduism upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan in 1906. She wrote many Hindu books, including a version of the Ramayana in English. She also published many of...
        
        (1870-1953)
        
        Sivagamasundari + Subaiya Nadesan
        Subaiya Nadesan
        Subaiya Nadesapillai also known as S. Nadesan was the son-in-law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan and a Tamil senator from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was a United National Party candidate and defeated Samuel Chelvanayakam in the 1952 Jaffna elections, after losing to him in the 1947 elections from...
        
        , Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
        
        Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam
        Ponnambalam Arunachalam
        Sir Ponnambalam Arunachchalam, CCS was a Tamil political leader in Ceylon and a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.-Early life:...
        
        KCMG CCS (1853-1924), Member of Executive Council
        Executive Council of Ceylon
        The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833....
        
        , Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
        
        Arunachalam Padmanabha
        
        Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva
        Arunachalam Mahadeva
        Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG was a Sri Lankan, prominent colonial era legislator and diplomat. He was Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India....
        
        KCMG (1888-1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
        
        Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
        
        Arunachalam Ramanathan
        
        Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, Senator
        
        Pararajasingham Nadesan
        
        Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
        
        D. M. Swaminathan
        D. M. Swaminathan
        Deva Manoharan Swaminathan, MP is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and Politician. Current Member of Parliament, he was the former Governor of the Western Province and Chairman of the National Savings Bank....
        
        (1945-), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to Coomaraswamy)

Viswanather-Arumugam-Cathiravelu

Vinayakar Viswanather
- Viswanather Arumugam
  - Arumugam Canagaratnam
    Arumugam Canagaratnam
    Arumugam Canagaratnam is the founder of the college Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.-Biography:...
    
    , Member of Legislative Council
  - Arumugam Cathiravelu, Magistrate and District Judge
    - Cathiravelu Sittampalam CCS (1898-1964), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    - Cathiravelu Ponnambalam, first mayor of Jaffna
      Jaffna
      Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
- Viswanather Casipillai
  Viswanather Casipillai
  Viswanather Casipillai was a Crown Proctor and co-founder of the Jaffna Hindu College.-Biography:His grand nephew Cathiravelu Sittampalam was the first Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the independent Sri Lanka....
  
  , Crown Proctor

Wanniarachchi

Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Western Province
- Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
  Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
  Arachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...
  
  (1964-), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Wickremesinghe

D. P. Wickremasinghe, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Neranjan Wickremasinghe, Member of Parliament

Welagedara

Dingiri Bandara (D.B) Welagedara
Dingiri Bandara (D.B) Welagedara
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara was a former Cabinet Minister and ex Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala district.He was also the Former Governor of North Central Province and the Minister of Plan Implementation.-References:...

(1915-89), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Central Province
- Sarath Welagedara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake MP is a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010. He is currently a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka....

(1933-), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...

, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Vidura Wickramanayake, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Wijewardena

Tudugalage Muhandiram Don Phillip Wijeywardene + Dona Helena Dep Weerasinghe
- Don Walter T Wijewardene (1894-1939) + Anula Kalyanawathi Wijesinghe
  - Upali Wijewardene
    Upali Wijewardene
    Philip Upali Wijewardene was a well-known businessman in Sri Lanka who established the Upali Group. At the time of his death, Wijewardene had branched in to newspapers, confectionery and even started a domestic air line named Upali Air...
    
    (1938-1983)
  - Anoja Devi Wijewardene + Prof Stanley Wijesundera
    - Shalitha Wijesundera, Member of the Western Provincial Council
- D. R. Wijewardena
  D. R. Wijewardena
  Don Richard Wijewardena was a Sri Lankan press baron who was a leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A successful entrepreneur, he established the Lake House newspapers and played major role in the independence movement.-Family:D. R...
  
  (1886-1950) + Alice Meedeniya
  - Ranjith Wijewardene + Ranjani Senanayake
    - Ruwan Wijewardene
      Ruwan Wijewardene
      Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a current Member of Parliament for Gampaha District and the current United National Party chief organiser for the Biyagama Electorate...
      
      (1975-), Ex Member of the Western Provincial Council and current Member of Parliament
  - Nalini Wijewardene + Esmond Wickremasinghe
    - Ranil Wickremasinghe
      Ranil Wickremasinghe
      Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...
      
      (1949-), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
      Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
      The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...
      
      , Government Minister, Member of Parliament
- Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena + Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene
  Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene
  Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC was a Ceylonese judge, lawyer and politician. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and is the father of J R Jayewardene the first executive President of Sri Lanka.Born to James Alfred Jayewardene, a Proctor who was the Deputy Coroner of...
  
  (1874-1932), Chief Justice
  Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
  The Chief Justice of Sri Lanka is the highest post in the judicial system of Sri Lanka and heads the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President, chosen from candidates recommended by the Constitutional Council...
  - Junius Richard Jayewardene
    Junius Richard Jayewardene
    Junius Richard Jayewardene , famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence...
    
    (1906-1996), President of Sri Lanka
    President of Sri Lanka
    The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the head of government. The President is a dominant political figure in Sri Lanka. The office was created in 1978 but has grown so powerful there have been calls to restrict or even eliminate its power...
    
    , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
    Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
    The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is the functional head of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. However, the President is both head of state and head of government in Sri Lanka...
    
    , Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  - Hector Wilfred Jayewardene
    Hector Wilfred Jayewardene
    Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, QC was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer. In 1979 he was chairman of a UNESCO conference on human rights in Bangkok and later chairman of the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute...
    
    (1916-1990)

Wijeyeratne

Gabrial Perera Wijeyeratne + Dona Catherina Wickremasinghe Jayasekera
- Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne
  Edwin Wijeyeratne
  Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne, KBE was a Sri Lankan politician, diplomat, and one of the founding members of United National Party. He was a Senator and Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development in the government of DS Senanayake...
  
  (1889-1968), Government Minister, Senator + Leela Pethiyagoda Kumarihamy
  - Tissa Wijeyeratne
    Tissa Wijeyeratne
    Suratissa Diyasena Wijeyeratne was a Sri Lankan politician, diplomat, barrister and businessman...
    
    (1923-2002), politician, diplomat, Barrister-at-Law and businessman He was also Additional Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, and Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister
  - Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne
    Nissanka Wijeyeratne
    Deshamanya Nissanka Parakrama Wijeyeratne was a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Tooth from 1975 to 1985...
    
    (1924-2007), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Nita Dullewe
    - Neranjan Wijeyeratne
      Neranjan Wijeyeratne
      Neranjan Priyadarshana Dullewe Wijeyeratne is a Sri Lankan politician...
      
      (1956-), current Leader of the Opposition in the Kandy Municipal Council + Devika Mediwake
    - Mano Wijeyeratne
      Mano Wijeyeratne
      Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne was Coordinating Secretary to the President, Chairman of Road Accidents Prevention Authority and Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Dedigama Electorate in Kegalle District he was former Member of Parliament from Kegalle District.Wijeyeratne...
      
      (1957-2011), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    - Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne
      Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne
      Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne is a Sri Lankan politician, being a former Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council and former member of the United National Party National Executive Committee...
      
      , Provincial Councillor

(also related to Senanayake, Ratwatte and Gopallawa)

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