Senator Sarath Wijesinghe 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 and businessmen. He was Cabinet Minister

Cabinet (government)

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 of Nationalised Services of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Government and was a member 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...

 from 1956 to 1965.

Born to Muhandiram D. F. Wijesinghe of Kaburupitiya and Mrs. S. L. Goonatillake Wijesinghe of Weligama wealthy planters and graphite miners owners. He was educated at the prestiges Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...

 and was married to one of the sisters of. Dr S. A. Wickramasinghe.