Abeyratne Ratnayaka

The Honourable Abeyratne Ratnayaka MP
A. Ratnayaka in the first Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon

Minister of Food,Co-operatives and Home Affairs
President of the Senate of Ceylon
In office 1965-1971
Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Wattegama
In office 20 September 1947 – 10 April 1956
Succeeded by	P.B. Aloysius Weerakoon
In office 20 July 1960 – 22 March 1965
Preceded by	P.B. Aloysius Weerakoon
Succeeded by	P.B. Aloysius Weerakoon
Personal details
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United National Party
Alma mater	Royal College, Colombo, Dharmaraja College Kandy

Abeyratne Ratnayaka was a Sri Lankan politician.^[1] He was the first Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Home Affairs in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the last President of the Senate of Ceylon, a Member of Parliament & State Council. He received his primary education at Dharmaraja College Kandy and secondary education at Royal College Colombo. His granddaughter Professor Kshanika Hirimburegam, was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo.

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Presidents of the Senate of Ceylon

Gerard Wijeyekoon Nicholas Attygalle Cyril de Zoysa Sarath Wijesinghe Thomas Amarasuriya Abeyratne Ratnayaka

// Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon (1947 (1947)-1952) →

Speaker: Alexander Francis Molamure/Albert Peries Prime Minister: D. S. Senanayake/Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera

Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda George E. de Silva T. B. Ilangaratne, Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne Senerat Gunewardene R. S. Pelpola K. Kumaravelu G. R. Motha A. Aziz V. T. Nanayakkara E. A. Nugawela Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II H. R. U. Premachandra K. Rajalingam H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka H. B. Tenne Savumiamoorthy Thondaman C. V. Velupillai

Eastern Province (7)	A. R. A. M. Abubucker S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. M. Ebrahim Hadjiar M. S. Kariapper Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe V. Nalliah S. Sivapalan

Northern Province (9)	S. J. V. Chelvanayakam K. Kanagaratnam V. Kumaraswamy G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam

North Central Province (5)	P. L. Bauddhasara P. B. Bulankulame S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake

North Western Province (10)	Ivan Dassanayake J. J. Fernando Kavisena Herat I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Herbert Sri Nissanka Tikiri Banda Subasinghe

Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. E. Attygalle D. F. Hettiarachchi N. H. Keerthiratne E. W. Mathew Alexander Francis Molamure Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Reggie Perera Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake Florence Senanayake

Southern Province (12)	H. D. Abeygoonawardena Simon Abeywickrema H. W. Amarasuriya Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva Arthur de Zoysa D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama P. Kumarasiri D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Victor Rathnayake W. Wickremasinghe Walwin de Silva

Uva Province (7)	Leo Fernando J. C. T. Kotelawala K. V. Nadarajah D. Ramanujam J. A. Rambukpota S. M. Subbaiah K. D. Sugathadasa

Western Province (20)	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike R. A. de Mel T. F. Jayawardena Colvin R. de Silva George R. de Silva A. Ekanayake Gunasinha Cholomondeley Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Kusumasiri Gunawardena R. Gunawardena Tuan Burhanudeen Jayah M. C. M. Kaleel A. P. Jayasuriya D. P. Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene D. D. Karunaratne P. P. Jayawardene Pieter Keuneman Wilmot A. Perera Henry Peiris D. S. Senanayake Sam A. Silva H. de Z. Siriwardena Chandrasiri Somaweera

Appointed (6)	E. F. N. Gratien F. H. Griffith J. A. Martenze J. J. W. Oldfield S. A. Pakeman G. R. Whitby

← Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon (1952 (1952)-1956) →

Speaker: Albert Peries Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake/John Kotelawala Leader of the Opposition: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

Central Province (15)	Bernard Aluwihare M. D. Banda H. E. P de Mel M. W. R. de Silva Robert Edward Jayatilaka C. A. S. Marikkar E. A. Nugawela Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake Fredrick de Silva P. H. C. Silva P. P. Sumanatilaka H. B. Tenne U. B. Unamboowe

Eastern Province (7)	M. M. Ebrahim Hadjiar R. B. Kadramer A. M. Merza M. E. H. Mohamed Ali V. Nalliah N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam

Northern Province (9)	V. Kumaraswamy S. Natesan G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam V. Veerasingam

North Central Province (5)	P. B. Bulankulame C. P. de Silva S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake

North Western Province (10)	Shirley Corea Ivan Dassanayake Kavisena Herat I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Dingiri Bandara Welagedara

Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. E. Attygalle C. R. Beligammana N. H. Keerthiratne A. E. B. Kiriella E. W. Mathew A. F. Molamure II N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Dudley Senanayake Harold Weragama

Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake William Neal de Alwis William de Silva Ian de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Charles Edirisuriya Montague Jayawickrama D. A. Rajapaksa Victor Rathnayake Mahanama Samaraweera Doreen Young Wickremasinghe

Uva Province (7)	M. B. Bambarapane Leo Fernando Gladwin Kotelawala) J. C. T. Kotelawala M. S. A. Peiris J. A. Rambukpota E. B. Embulana Wilfred A. Ratwatte K. D. Sugathadasa

Western Province (20)	A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe John Amaratunga S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike P. Andrew Cooray Razik Fareed Kusumasiri Gunawardena R. Gunawardena S. de Silva Jayasinghe D. P. Jayasuriya M. D. H. Jayawardena T. F. Jayawardena J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel C. W. W. Kannangara D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman Cyril E. S. Perera Wilmot A. Perera Chandrasiri Somaweera

Appointed (6)	Sidamparapillai Vythilingam *This list is unfinished.

← Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)–1964) →

Speaker: R. S. Pelpola/Hugh Fernando Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: Dudley Senanayake

Central Province (23)	Bernard Aluwihare Alick Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda L. B. Dassanayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne K. Abdul Jabbar T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Shelton Ranaraja Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake D. G. Sirisena R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon J. D. Weerasekera U. B. Weerasekera Edmund Wijesuriya

Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Manickarajah S. M. Rasamanickam Indrasena Soysa

Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah V. Navaratnam E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam

North Central Province (8)	C. P. de Silva A. H. de Silva Sirimewan Godage K. B. Ratnayake E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon

North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari M. A. J. Wijesinghe Hugh Fernando S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame Jaya Pathirana Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody G. W. Samarasinghe A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Mudiyanse Tennakoon Kavisena Herath U.B. Wanninayake Leelananda Weerasinghe D. P. Wickremasinghe

Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	B. A. P. B. Balasuriya L. de S. A. Gunasekera Premachandra Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena Cyril Mathew Stanley Molligoda N. M. Perera Clifford Ratwatte P. R. Ratnayake Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera Soma Wickremanayake P. B. Wijesundara

Southern Province (19)	K. H. G. Albert S. W. Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva M. P. de Zoysa Don Edwin Thilakeratne H. W. Dissanayake D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama Patrick de Silva Kularatne D. A. Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Senapala Samarasekera Mahanama Samaraweera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe P. P. Wickremasuriya

Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara S. B. Ekanayake D. M. Gunasekera J. G. Gunasekera K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne Amarananda Ratnayake C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva

Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake I. A. Cader Somaweera Chandrasiri Colvin R. de Silva W. Danister de Silva Vivienne Goonewardena Razik Fareed T. Quintin Fernando T. W. Meryl Fernando Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel Pieter Keuneman Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Edmund Samarakkody D. S. Samarasinghe M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wijayabahu Wijayasinha

Appointed (6)	Badi-ud-din Mahmud Singleton Salman Savumiamoorthy Thondaman *This list is unfinished.

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