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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Honorable" class="mw-redirect" title="The Honorable">Hon.</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Anura Bandaranaike</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">අනුර බණ්ඩාරනායක <br /> அனுரா பண்டாரநாயக்க</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg/220px-Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg/330px-Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Anura_Bandaranaike_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="553" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th Speaker of the Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 October 2000 – 10 October 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a></td></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/Kiri_Banda_Ratnayake" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiri Banda Ratnayake">Kiri Banda Ratnayake</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"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Perera" title="Joseph Michael Perera">Joseph Michael Perera</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">8th <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 November 1983 – 20 December 1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></td></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/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</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"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 2005 – 23 November 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td></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/Lakshman_Kadirgamar" title="Lakshman Kadirgamar">Lakshman Kadirgamar</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"><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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/Gampaha_Electoral_District" title="Gampaha Electoral District">Gampaha Electoral District</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1989–2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">198,444 Preferential Votes</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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/Nuwara_Eliya-Maskeliya_Electoral_District" title="Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya Electoral District">Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 July 1977 – 15 February 1989</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">Constituency established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Constituency abolished</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">15 February 1949<br /><a href="/wiki/Tintagel_Colombo" title="Tintagel Colombo">Tintagel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">16 March 2008<span style="display:none">(2008-03-16)</span> (aged 59)<br /><a href="/wiki/Visumpaya" title="Visumpaya">Visumpaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</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"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_College,_Colombo" title="Royal College, Colombo">Royal College Colombo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anura Bandaranaike</b> (15 February 1949 – 16 March 2008) was a <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> (2000-2001) and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a> (1983–1988). He held several cabinet ministries: as <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister">Foreign Minister</a> briefly in 2005, Minister of Higher Education (1993–1994), Minister of Tourism (April 2004 – January 2007), and Minister of National Heritage (2007). He last served as a member of parliament from the opposition. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_family" title="Bandaranaike family">Bandaranaike family</a></div> <p>Born on February 15, 1949, at <a href="/wiki/Tintagel_Colombo" title="Tintagel Colombo">Tintagel</a>, Rosmead Place, Colombo to <a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sirima_Bandaranaike" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirima Bandaranaike">Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike</a>. He was the youngest of three siblings and only son. His family has a long history in the socio-political arena of the country. His grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Solomon_Dias_Bandaranike" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranike">Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranike</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Mudaliyars" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Mudaliyars">Maha Mudaliyar</a> (the chief native interpreter and advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ceylon" title="Governor of Ceylon">Governor</a>) and his maternal grandfather <a href="/wiki/Barnes_Ratwatte" title="Barnes Ratwatte">Barnes Ratwatte Rate Mahatmaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dissawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissawa">Dissawa</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabaragamuwa">Sabaragamuwa</a> during British colonial rule. Bandaranaike's father Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike was at the time of his birth the Cabinet Minister of Health and Local Government and would become the fourth <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Ceylon">Prime Minister of Ceylon</a> in 1956. He was assassinated on 26 September 1959, when young Anura was ten years old. His mother, took over the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> which was formed by her husband and became the first female prime minister in the world when she was appointed as Prime Minister of Ceylon in July 1960. He and his two elder sisters soon found themselves active in the party politics. His eldest sister <a href="/wiki/Sunethra_Bandaranaike" title="Sunethra Bandaranaike">Sunethra Bandaranaike</a>, became a socialite and his other sister <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Bandaranaike_Kumaratunga" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga">Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga</a>, later became the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President of Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bandaranaike completed his primary education at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Preparatory_School" title="Royal Preparatory School">Royal Preparatory School</a> and secondary education at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College,_Colombo" title="Royal College, Colombo">Royal College, Colombo</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> where his contemporaries included <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a>. He then read Ancient and Modern History at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>, graduating with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> Honours in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bandaranaike returned to Sri Lanka in 1974, when his mother was serving her second term as prime minister. He soon became active in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, having been appointed leader of its Youth Wing and thereafter Director of the National Youth Services Council. He contested the <a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977 general election</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Maskeliya_Electoral_District" title="Maskeliya Electoral District">Maskeliya multi-seat constituency</a> from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Though the Sri Lanka Freedom Party faced a crushing defeat in the election, Bandaranaike was elected to parliament. He would remain a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)">member of parliament</a> till his death.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the defeat of Sri Lanka Freedom Party government in July 1977, Bandaranaike sat in the opposition in parliament with his mother. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party became a minority in the opposition and <a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">leader of the opposition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1980, following an investigation by a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_of_Inquiry" title="Presidential Commission of Inquiry">Special Presidential Commission</a> appointed by <a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayawardene" class="mw-redirect" title="J. R. Jayawardene">President J. R. Jayawardene</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found corruption and abuses of power, Sirima Bandaranaike and her nephew, <a href="/wiki/Felix_Dias_Bandaranaike" title="Felix Dias Bandaranaike">Felix Dias Bandaranaike</a> had their civil liberties stripped for a period of seven years by a motion in parliament. Sirima Bandaranaike remained the party leader, but Anura Bandaranaike became the de facto leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party parliamentarian group.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opposition_leader">Opposition leader</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opposition leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With this backdrop, Anura Bandaranaike became the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">leader of the opposition</a> in November 1983, when the incumbent Amirthalingam boycotted parliament and lost his seat in October 1983 while refusing swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state. Bandaranaike served as leader of the opposition till 1988, holding a position once held by his father and mother before him.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rift_within_the_party">Rift within the party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rift within the party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He contested the <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989 general election</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Gampaha_Electoral_District" title="Gampaha Electoral District">Gampaha Electoral District</a>, which was the traditional base of the Bandaranaike family. Elected to parliament with preferential votes over one hundred thousand, he once again sat in the opposition with his mother who had regained her civic rights and became the leader of the opposition having been elected to parliament. He soon fell out with his mother and was suspended from the family party by Sirimavo Bandaranaike.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rift was aggravated by the return to the party of his sister Chandrika Kumaratunga who had left the family party in 1984 to join the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a> formed by her husband <a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Kumaratunga" title="Vijaya Kumaratunga">Vijaya Kumaratunga</a>. She then went into exile in London following Kumaratunga's assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_National_Party">United National Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United National Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He crossed over to ruling <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> in 1993 which appointed him Minister of Higher Education and National Reconciliation under President <a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunge" class="mw-redirect" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunge">Dingiri Banda Wijetunge</a>. Chandrika Kumaratunga won the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994 general election</a> becoming prime minister and thereafter won the presidential election to become president. Anura Bandaranaike, returned to the opposition from 1994 to 2000 as a National List member of parliament, he contested under the UNP ticket to Gampaha District at the 2000 General Elections and was reelected to the Parliament securing over 80000 preferential votes.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speaker_of_the_Parliament">Speaker of the Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Speaker of the Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was elected uncontested as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker of the 11th Parliament</a> and served from 18 October 2000 to 10 October 2001, when parliament was dissolved and fresh elections called.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_the_Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party">Return to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Return to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He rejoined SLFP in 2001 to contest the elections in December that year, although the SLFP with its coalition faced a massive defeat Bandaranaike was elected to Parliament. When the SLFP led alliance of <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> won the elections in 2004 with support of the <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>, Bandaranaike was reelected as a member of parliament to the Gampaha District and became Minister of Tourism, Industry and Investment in the new government. Following the assassination of foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Kadirgamar" title="Lakshman Kadirgamar">Lakshman Kadirgamar</a> in August 2005, Bandaranaike was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister">Foreign Minister</a>, amidst increased tension throughout the country. He dropped his position as minister of industry and investment, but remained tourism minister. The party chose <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapakse" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda Rajapakse">Mahinda Rajapakse</a> over Bandaranaike as its candidate for the presidential election in 2005. Following Rajapakse's election victory it had been widely predicted that Bandaranaike would be appointed Prime Minister or remain as foreign minister. However, Rajapakse appointed <a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a> as prime minister since many saw Bandaranaike did not co-operate in the presidential campaign. He was slowly sidelined in the party as the Rajapakse bloc grew.<sup id="cite_ref-FT1_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However he was accused of playing a "negative"/"non supportive" role in the campaign and was offered only the tourism ministry instead. Even before the presidential elections in 2005, Anura was diagnosed to have a cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recovered from the initial shock of the bad news but never recovered from the shock of having to accept the toothless National Heritage Portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle in January 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 February 2007, he was sacked as the minister of national heritage, together with ministers <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sripathi_Sooriyarachchi" title="Sripathi Sooriyarachchi">Sripathi Sooriyarachchi</a> after falling out with the President Mahinda Rajapakse, the party leader. Less than two weeks later, after reconciling with Rajapakse, Bandaranaike agreed to come back into the government, again being sworn in as Minister of National Heritage. On 14 December 2007 he crossed over to the opposition benches thus leaving his ministerial posts. Despite being in politics for over a quarter of a century, he has only been in a governing side for about 5 years.<sup id="cite_ref-anura-kadir-BBC_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anura-kadir-BBC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-anura-mahinda-BBC_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anura-mahinda-BBC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-anura-burma-BBC_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anura-burma-BBC-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bandaranaike died on 16 March 2008 at <i><a href="/wiki/Visumpaya" title="Visumpaya">Visumpaya</a>,</i> his official residence in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, following a period of prolonged illness due to cancer. He had been diagnosed with cancer a few years before his death and had been hospitalized for several months. A few weeks prior to his death, he had taken three months leave from parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJayaram1994" class="citation magazine cs1">Jayaram, P. 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Cooke<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=11" 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/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 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Bandaranaike&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FT1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FT1_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJeyaraj" class="citation news cs1">Jeyaraj, D.B.S. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ft.lk/columns/The-Man-Who-Would-Be-King-Remembering-Anura-Bandaranaike-on-his-70th-birth-anniversary/4-672877">"Crown Prince of Sri Lankan Politics But never crowned King"</a>. 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Jayewardene">Jayewardene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Foreign Affairs</a></b> (1978–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._C._S._Hameed" title="A. C. S. Hameed">Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjan_Wijeratne" title="Ranjan Wijeratne">Wijeratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Herath" title="Harold Herath">Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._S._Hameed" title="A. C. S. Hameed">Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Kadirgamar" title="Lakshman Kadirgamar">Kadirgamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Kadirgamar" title="Lakshman Kadirgamar">Kadirgamar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Bogollagama" title="Rohitha Bogollagama">Bogollagama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">Peiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilak_Marapana" title="Tilak Marapana">Marapana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">Peiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sabry_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Ali Sabry (Sri Lankan politician)">Sabry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Herath" title="Vijitha Herath">Herath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Gampaha295" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Gampaha" title="Template:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Gampaha"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Gampaha" title="Template talk:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Gampaha"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Gampaha" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Gampaha"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament_from_Gampaha295" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Members of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gampaha" title="Gampaha">Gampaha</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gampaha_Electoral_District_(1947%E2%80%931989)" title="Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989)">Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989)</a></span></li> <li>Current District: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gampaha_Electoral_District" title="Gampaha Electoral District">Gampaha Electoral District</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One–member (1947 – 1989)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D._D._Karunaratne" title="D. D. Karunaratne">Don David Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._P._Jayawardena" title="P. P. Jayawardena">Paulis Peiris Jayawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Bandaranayake" title="S. D. Bandaranayake">Samuel Dias Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._T._Basnayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. T. Basnayake (page does not exist)">A. T. Basnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Bandaranayake" title="S. D. Bandaranayake">Samuel Dias Bandaranayake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi–member (1989 – Present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>(1989 – 1994):</b> <a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anura Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Perera" title="Joseph Michael Perera">Joseph Michael Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Amaratunga" title="John Amaratunga">John Amaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarathchandra_Rajakaruna" title="Sarathchandra Rajakaruna">Sarathchandra Rajakaruna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Perera" title="Paul Perera">Paul Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Jayakody" title="Lakshman Jayakody">Lakshman Jayakody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijayapala_Mendis" title="Wijayapala Mendis">Wijayapala Mendis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dissanayake" title="Donald Dissanayake">Donald Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahindra_Wijerathna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahindra Wijerathna (page does not exist)">Mahindra Wijerathna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeyaraj_Fernandopulle" title="Jeyaraj Fernandopulle">Jeyaraj Fernandopulle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Pradeep&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anura Pradeep (page does not exist)">Anura Pradeep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahen_Gunasekera" title="Mahen Gunasekera">Mahen Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ariyarathna_Jayathilaka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ariyarathna Jayathilaka (page does not exist)">Ariyarathna Jayathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Ranatunga" title="Reggie Ranatunga">Reggie Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sardhatissa_Sakalasooriya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya (page does not exist)">Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(1994 – 2000):</b> <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Amaratunga" title="John Amaratunga">John Amaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeyaraj_Fernandopulle" title="Jeyaraj Fernandopulle">Jeyaraj Fernandopulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijayapala_Mendis" title="Wijayapala Mendis">Wijayapala Mendis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Perera" title="Joseph Michael Perera">Joseph Michael Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Jayakody" title="Lakshman Jayakody">Lakshman Jayakody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Perera" title="Felix Perera">Felix Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Perera" title="Reginald Perera">Reginald Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athula_Nimalasiri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Athula Nimalasiri (page does not exist)">Athula Nimalasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranimala_Rajapaksha" title="Suranimala Rajapaksha">Suranimala Rajapaksha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anura_Hapangama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anura Hapangama (page does not exist)">Anura Hapangama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Ranatunga" title="Reggie Ranatunga">Reggie Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarathchandra_Rajakaruna" title="Sarathchandra Rajakaruna">Sarathchandra Rajakaruna</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jinadasa_Nandasena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jinadasa Nandasena (page does not exist)">Jinadasa Nandasena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lionel_Gunawardena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lionel Gunawardena (page does not exist)">Lionel Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Rupasinghe" title="Neil Rupasinghe">Neil Rupasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upali_Gunaratne" title="Upali Gunaratne">Upali Gunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._V._Suraweera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. V. Suraweera (page does not exist)">A. V. Suraweera</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2000 – 2001):</b> <a href="/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya" title="Karu Jayasuriya">Karu Jayasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeyaraj_Fernandopulle" title="Jeyaraj Fernandopulle">Jeyaraj Fernandopulle</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anura Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Perera" title="Felix Perera">Felix Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandu_Bandaranaike" title="Pandu Bandaranaike">Pandu Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Jayawardena" title="Jayalath Jayawardena">Jayalath Jayawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Ranatunga" title="Reggie Ranatunga">Reggie Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarath_Keerthiratne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarath Keerthiratne (page does not exist)">Sarath Keerthiratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Amaratunga" title="John Amaratunga">John Amaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gunasekara" title="Edward Gunasekara">Edward Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lionel_Gunawardena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lionel Gunawardena (page does not exist)">Lionel Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Perera" title="Joseph Michael Perera">Joseph Michael Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarathchandra_Peramuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarathchandra Peramuna (page does not exist)">Sarathchandra Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Rupasinghe" title="Neil Rupasinghe">Neil Rupasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranimala_Rajapaksha" title="Suranimala Rajapaksha">Suranimala Rajapaksha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_Moonasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ananda Moonasinghe (page does not exist)">Ananda Moonasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Herath" title="Vijitha Herath">Vijitha Herath</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2001 – 2004):</b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anura Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya" title="Karu Jayasuriya">Karu Jayasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Jayawardena" title="Jayalath Jayawardena">Jayalath Jayawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeyaraj_Fernandopulle" title="Jeyaraj Fernandopulle">Jeyaraj Fernandopulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Perera" title="Joseph Michael Perera">Joseph Michael Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Amaratunga" title="John Amaratunga">John Amaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olitha_Premathiratne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olitha Premathiratne (page does not exist)">Olitha Premathiratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandu_Bandaranaike" title="Pandu Bandaranaike">Pandu Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Perera" title="Felix Perera">Felix Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gunasekara" title="Edward Gunasekara">Edward Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranimala_Rajapaksha" title="Suranimala Rajapaksha">Suranimala Rajapaksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarathchandra_Rajakaruna" title="Sarathchandra Rajakaruna">Sarathchandra Rajakaruna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarana_Gunawardena" title="Sarana Gunawardena">Sarana Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Randeniya" title="Ravindra Randeniya">Ravindra Randeniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Ranatunga" title="Reggie Ranatunga">Reggie Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Rupasinghe" title="Neil Rupasinghe">Neil Rupasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Herath" title="Vijitha Herath">Vijitha Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._R._Anjan_Umma" title="A. R. Anjan Umma">Anjan Umma</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2004 – 2010):</b> <a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Herath" title="Vijitha Herath">Vijitha Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya" title="Karu Jayasuriya">Karu Jayasuriya</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anura Bandaranaike</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sarana_Gunawardena" title="Sarana Gunawardena">Sarana Gunawardena</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siripala_Amarasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siripala Amarasinghe (page does not exist)">Siripala Amarasinghe</a> <i>(Until 2006)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Kumara_Gunaratna" title="Sarath Kumara Gunaratna">Sarath Kumara Gunaratna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._R._Anjan_Umma" title="A. R. Anjan Umma">Anjan Umma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Perera" title="Joseph Michael Perera">Joseph Michael Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Jayawardena" title="Jayalath Jayawardena">Jayalath Jayawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeyaraj_Fernandopulle" title="Jeyaraj Fernandopulle">Jeyaraj Fernandopulle</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Duleep_Wijesekera" title="Duleep Wijesekera">Duleep Wijesekera</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasantha_Alagiyawanna" title="Lasantha Alagiyawanna">Lasantha Alagiyawanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Amaratunga" title="John Amaratunga">John Amaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sripathi_Sooriyarachchi" title="Sripathi Sooriyarachchi">Sripathi Sooriyarachchi</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Ranatunga" title="Reggie Ranatunga">Reggie Ranatunga</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i></li> <li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Rupasinghe" title="Neil Rupasinghe">Neil 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