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href="/wiki/Janasaviya" title="Janasaviya">Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation</a> ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation )</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo District</a> Kolonnawa</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 August 1977 – 24 October 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ilangaratne" title="T. B. Ilangaratne">T. B. Ilangaratne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Bennet Cooray</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">5300 votes</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">6 November 1929<br />Kandy Central province</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">24 October 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-10-24)</span> (aged 64)<br />Thotalanga, <a href="/wiki/Grandpass" title="Grandpass">Grandpass</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manner of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">Assassination</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Sri Lankan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Prema Mallimaratchi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ananda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</b> (6 November 1929 - 24 October 1994) was a <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> politician who served as mayor, congressman, and cabinet minister. He was in the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> government from 1990 until his <a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">assassination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970–1971</li> <li>Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962–1977</li> <li>Member of Parliament 1977–1994</li> <li>District Minister of Colombo 1978–1988</li> <li>Minister of Petroleum Services 1988–1989</li> <li>State Minister of Industries 1989–1990</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His political life was cut short when he was assassinated by a <a href="/wiki/Female_suicide_bomber" title="Female suicide bomber">female suicide bomber</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a> (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of <a href="/wiki/Gamini_Dissanayake" title="Gamini Dissanayake">Gamini Dissanayake</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">Presidential election of 1994</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_families_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political families in Sri Lanka">List of political families in Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_who_died_in_office" title="List of members of the Sri Lankan Parliament who died in office">List of members of the Sri Lankan Parliament who died in office</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premaratne_Gunasekera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Premaratne Gunasekera (page does not exist)">Premaratne Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Perera" title="Vincent Perera">Vincent Perera</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunethra_Ranasinghe" title="Sunethra Ranasinghe">Sunethra Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sellasamy" title="M. S. Sellasamy">M. S. 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H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Rajabdeen" title="Mohamed Rajabdeen">Mohamed Rajabdeen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. 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