E. L. Senanayake
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The Honorable Deshamanya Edward Lionel Senanayaka MP |
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13th Speaker of the Parliament | |
In office 6 September 1983 – 20 December 1988 |
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President | J. R. Jayewardene |
Prime Minister | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
Preceded by | Bakeer Markar |
Succeeded by | M. H. Mohamed |
Mayor of Kandy | |
In office 1964–1968 |
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Preceded by | Noel Wimalasena |
Succeeded by | Bennet Soysa |
In office 1956–1960 |
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Preceded by | Bennet Soysa |
Succeeded by | Bennet Soysa |
In office 1950–1954 |
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Preceded by | Bennet Soysa |
Succeeded by | Bennet Soysa |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 August 1920 |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Kandy Ceylon University College |
Deshamanya Edward Lionel Senanayake (known as E.L Senanayake) (8 August 1920 - 29 January 2000) was a Sri Lankan Politician belonging to the United National Party. He was the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament. Senanayake was the Governor of North Central Province and Central Province of Sri Lanka. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament from Mahanuwara in Kandy.[1][2][3][4]
He was the son of Gate Mudaliyar James Senanayake and was educated at Trinity College, Kandy and at the University College, Colombo graduating with an honours degree in Economics. Having entered politics at the age of 23 after being elected to the Kandy Municipal Council, he went on to serve as Mayor before being elected to Parliament.[5]
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- 1921 births
- 2000 deaths
- Governors of North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Governors of Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Sinhalese people
- Sri Lankan Buddhists
- United National Party politicians
- Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy
- Alumni of the Ceylon University College
- Sri Lankan politicians
- Agriculture ministers of Sri Lanka
- Politicians from Kandy
- Mayors of Kandy
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