List of political families in Sri Lanka

This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.

Abdul Majeed

• A. L. Abdul Majeed, Known as Mutur Majeed Former Government Minister and Member Parliament
• M. N. Abdul Majeed, Son of A.L Abdul Majeed - Chief Minister of the Eastern Province and Former Government Minister and Member Parliament

Abeyrathne

• PIlapitiya Abeyrathne - Sri Lankan politician who served as the 3rd Governor of Uva and 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa.
• Ratnayaka Abeyrathne - 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.
• Pathirage Don Abeyratne - Member of 5th Provincial Council of Kalutara, Member of Parliament 1989 and 2000, Chief Organiser for Horana.
• Rohana Abeyratne - Post-Master General of Sri Lanka^[1] (2012-present)

Abeywickrema

• Simon Abeywickrema, Junior Minister, Member of State Council and Parliament, founding member of the UNP
• Henry Abeywickrema, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament, founding member of the SLFP
  • Ananda Abeywickrema, Former Member of Parliament for Galle District.UNP

Aluwihare

• Bernard Aluwihare, State Counsellor
• Alick Aluwihare, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Ranjith Aluvihare (born 1958), Member of Parliament
  • Wasantha Aluwihare, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Central Province
  • Daljith Aluwihare, Opposition Leader, Matale Municipal Council
  • Prasanna Kumara Aluwihare, Current Member of Pradeshiya saba Matale, Former National javelin record holder / National Kabadi player / First class cricketer & Government Sports officer

..Loku Banda Aluvihare. former Mayor, Kandy

Amarasuriya^[2]

• Mahendrapala Thomas de Silva Amarasuriya, Muhandiram
  • Henry Mahendrapala Amarasuriya, Independence activist
    • Henry Woodward Amarasuriya, Cabinet minister, Deputy Speaker of the parliament and State Councillor, founding secretary and vice president of the United National Party, President of Ceylon National Congress and Lanka Mahajana Sabha, educationist, Buddhist activist and philanthropist
    • Thomas Amarasuriya, OBE, Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon.

Amunugama

• Sarath Amunugama, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Dilum Amunugama, Member of Parliament

Ashraff

• M. H. M. Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Ferial Ashraff, Government Minister, Member of Parliament and diplomat

Atapattu^[3]

• Don Johannes Atapattu + Kadawedduwage Dona Carolina Wijekoon
  • D. P. Atapattu (1899–1976), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Daya Dahanayake
    • Dr Ranjit Atapattu Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Dr Druvindra Atapattu, contestant in 2009 General Election

(also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku)

Atukorale

• Gamini Atukorale, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
• Thalatha Atukorale, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Athulathmudali^[4]

• Don William Athulathmudali
  • Don Daniel Athulathmudali (1901–1958), Member of State Council
    • Lalith Athulathmudali (1936–1993), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Sirimani Athulathmudali Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Attanayake

• Attanayake Mudiyanselage Jayawardena Attanayake (Member of Parliament, Moneragala District 1970 and 1994)
  • Senarath Attanayake (Former Provincial Minister of Uva Province and current Member of Uva Provincial Council)

Attygalle^[5]

• Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle
  • Alice Attygalle + John Kotelawala
    • General Sir John Kotelawala (1897–1980), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Member of Legislative Council
    • Justin Kotalawela (1905–1973), Senator + Millicent de Silva
      • Dr Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala
  • Lena Attygalle + Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1872–1945), Member of State Council
  • Ellen Attygalle + Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Member of Legislative Council
    • Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1911–1970), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Balasuriya

• Punchi Banda Balasuriya (1907-1978), UC Chairman (1948-1967), Member of Parliament (1960-1965, 1970-1977) + Hema Balasuriya
  • Dr. Jagath Balasuriya, Provincial Council Member (1988-1989), Member of Parliament (1989-1994), Deputy Minister of Cooperative (1994-2000), Deputy Minister of Urban Development (2001-2002), Governor North Central (2004-2008), Deputy Minister of Labor (2010-2011), Cabinet Minister for National Heritage (2011-2015) + Kumari Balasuriya, Governor Southern Province (2008-2015)
    • Tharaka Balasuriya , Member of Parliament, Provincial council member + Malintha Bolonghe Balasuriya

Bandara

• Chandra Bandara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Chandani Bandara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Bandaranaike^[6]

Horagolla Walauwa, Atthanagalla. family seat of the Bandaranaike family

• Don Francisco Dias Wijetunga Bandaranaike (born 1720), Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale + Dona Maria Perera
  • Conrad Pieter Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudliyar
    • Jacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike (born 1780), Mudaliyar of Governor Gate & Translator of Supreme Court + Liyanage Catherine Philipsz Panditharatne
      • Rev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike + Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias Bandaranaike
        • Felix Reginold Dias Bandaranaike (1861–1947) + Annie Lucy (Florence) de Alwis (1864–1920)
          • Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1891–1951), Judge of the Supreme Court + Freda Dias Abeysinghe
            • Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1930–1985), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Don Daniel Dias Banaranaike + Dona Clara Amarasekere
    • Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (-1859), Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale, 1st Udagaha Mudaliyar + Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de Saram
      • Don Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake Seneviratne Bandaranaike (born 1826), Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar + Anna Florentina Philipsz Panditharatne
        • Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike JP (1862–1946), Maha Mudaliyar + Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere
          • S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council + Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator
            • Sunethra Bandaranaike (born c. 1943), politician and socialite
            • Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga (1945–1988), actor and politician
            • Anura Bandaranaike (1949–2008); Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

(also related to Ratwatte family, William Gopallawa, A.R. Udugama, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Jeewan Kumaranatunga, Ranjan Ramanayake)

Bakeer Markar

• Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar (1917–1997), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Southern Province
  • Imthiaz Bakeer Markar, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Bulankulame

• Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe, Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture), Minister of Lands & Land Development

(Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle)

• • Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (Born 1919),Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor, Central Province, High Commissioner in Australia, & Governor, North Central Province (Nephew of P.B.Bulankulame Dissawe)
    • Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle, (Born 1952),Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science & Technology), Member, North Central Provincial Council, Director-General of Telecommunications, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.) & Engineer (A.C.&R.) (Son of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle)

Cooray

• Mervyn J Cooray, (Born 1938) Former State Minister of Power and Energy , Member of Parliament
  • Sujith Cooray, Former Provincial Councilor of the Western Provincial Council , Member of parliament

Coomaraswamy^[7]

• Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Legislative Council
  • Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy CCS FRGS (1833–1879), Member of Legislative Council + Elizabeth Clay Beeby
    • Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947)
  • Sellachchi Coomaraswamy + A. Ponnambalam (1814–1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate
    • P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Member of Legislative Council
    • Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG QC (1851–1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon, Member of Legislative Council + Leelawathy Ramanathan (1870–1953)
      • Sivagamasundari + S. Natesan, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
    • Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam KCMG CCS (1853–1924), Member of Executive Council, Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
      • Arunachalam Padmanabha
      • Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva KCMG (1888–1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
        • Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
      • Arunachalam Ramanathan
      • Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir S. Pararajasingam, Senator
        • Pararajasingham Nadesan
        • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
          • D. M. Swaminathan (born 1945), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to D. M. Swaminathan and Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay)

Corea

• Victor Corea - founder Member of the Ceylon National Congress, elected to the Legislative Council, founder Chilaw Association, President Ceylon Labour Union
• Charles Edgar Corea - elected to the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924), Chair/founder Chilaw Association.
  • Shirley Corea, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon, Member of Parliament for Chilaw

(Also related to)

• Sir Claude Corea - Minister of Labour 1946, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK, Ceylon's Ambassador in the USA, President of the United Nations Security Council, Ceylon's Ambassador at the United Nations
  • Harindra Corea, Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament for Chilaw

(Also related to) Dr. Gamani Corea, Ambassador, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Ernest Corea, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America Kumari Corea, Local Councillor for Chilaw

Dissanayake

• Andrew Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Gamini Dissanayake (1942–1994), Presidential candidate (1994), Leader of the Opposition, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Navin Dissanayake (born 1969), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Mayantha Dissanayake, Provincial Councillor, Member of Parliament

Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker of the Parliament, Government Minister, Member of Parliament - Father in law of Navin Dissanayake

Dissanayake

• Berty Premalal Dissanayake, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of North Central Province + Jayani Tissera Dissanayake
  • Duminda Dissanayake (born 1979), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Senani Lanka Jayaratne

De Mel

• Ronnie de Mel, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Mallika de Mel, Member of Parliament
• Sir Leo Fernando, Member of Parliament (father in law of Ronnie de Mel)

Dunuwille

• Senator B.H.Dunuwille (Born 1896), Deputy President of the Senate, Proctor & Notary Public
• T.B.Harindranath Dunuwille,(Born 1946), Member of Parliament, State Minister of State & Constitutional Affairs, Member, Kandy Municipal Council, Mayor of Kandy and Attorney- at Law
• (Son-in-law of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (Born 1919),Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor (Central Province), High Commissioner in Australia, & Governor ( North Central Province).
• D.S.Senanayake [First Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]was married to a lady from the Dunuwille family

Ekanayake

• T. B. Ekanayake (born 1954), Member of Parliament, Minister of Culture and the Arts

Gamage

• Daya Gamage, Member of Parliament, Government Minister
• Anoma Gamage, Member of Parliament, Government Minister

Ganesan

• V. P. Ganeshan, trade unionist, politician, film producer and actor
  • Mano Ganesan (born 1959), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Praba Ganesan (born 1964), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Gopallawa^[8]

• William Gopallawa (1897–1981), Governor-General of Ceylon, President of Sri Lanka
  • Monty Gopallawa (1941–2005), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Nimal Kobbekaduwa
  • Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa + Dr Mackie Ratwatte
  • Chintha Gopallawa
  • Sanjeewa Hulangamuwa (1955-2013), Councillor, Kandy Municipal Council
    • Devika Mediwake + Neranjan Wijeyeratne (born 1956)

(also related to Ratwatte)

Gunasekara

• Bennet Senerath Dias Gunasekara - Member of Parliament for Minuwangoda from 1977 to 1988
  • Mahen Gunasekara - Minister for Legal Reforms and Prison Affairs – Member of Parliament for Gampaha District (1989-1994)

Gunawardena (Boralugoda Ralahamy)^[9]

• Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena (1879–1947) + Leonora
  • Philip Gunawardena (1901–1972), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council The 'Father of Socialism in Sri Lanka', first person to call for Independence in Sri Lanka + Kusuma Siri Amarasinghe (1912–1985) Member of Parliament^[10]
    • Indika Gunawardena, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Prasanna Gunawardena, Mayor of Colombo & Presidential adviser
    • Dinesh Gunawardena (born 1949), Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister, Chief Government Whip and as well as leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front)
    • Gitanjana Gunawardena (born 1952), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Don Benjamin (Robert) Rupasinghe Gunawardena (1904–1971), Member of Parliament
  • Caroline Gunawardena + S C C (Tony) Anthonypillai, Trade Unionist, Member of the Lok Sabha
  • Emily Angeline Gunawardena + Dr Don Allenson Goonetilleke
    • Vivienne Goonewardena (1916–1996), Member of Parliament + Leslie Goonewardena, Member of Parliament

Gunewardane

• Lionel Gunewardena, Deputy Minister
  • Sarana Gunewardane, Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
  • Chandrika Gunewardane, Provincial Councillor + Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya, Member of Parliament, Provincial Council Chairman
  • Lakshman Gunewardane, Urban Councillor

Hewavitarne-Moonesinghe^[11]

• Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (1809–1890), President of the Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder President of the Buddhism Protection Committee, founder of the Vidyodaya Pirivena and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
  • Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (1846 - 1936), President Women's Education Society + Don Carolis Hewavitarne (1833–1906) founder member of Buddhist Theosophical Society, founder member of the Buddhist Defence Committee and a leader of the Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka
    • Anagarika Dharmapala (Don David Hewavitarne) (1864–1933), Leader of the Buddhist revival movement
    • Dona Engeltina Hewavitarne (1865-1902) + Jacob Moonesinghe, a leader of the Buddhist revival movement
      • Sanath Moonesinghe
        • Mangala Moonesinghe, Member of Parliament, High Commissioner to India and UK
      • Piyadas Moonesinghe (1896–1969) + Beatrice Wijegoonewardena de Silva Senanayaka (1900–1989)
        • Anil Moonesinghe (1927–2002), Deputy Speaker, Minister of Communications, Member of Parliament, trade unionist, Ambassador in Vienna
        • Susil Moonesinghe (1930 - 2012), first Chief Minister of the Western Province, Member of Parliament, Ambassador in Tehran
    • Edmund Hewavitarne (1870–1915), convicted of treason, died in British custody + Sujatha Peiris
      • Raja Hewavitarne, OBE (1898-1958), Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce
      • Neil Kamal Hewavitarne (1904–1939), Member of State Council
      • Sumanadevi Hewavitarne + Jayasuriya
        • Gamini Jayasuriya (1924-1998)Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
    • Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitarne (1876–1929), leader in the Buddhist revival movement

Hurulle

• Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle, (Born 1919), Member, House of Representatives, Member of Parliament, Government Minister, Governor (Central Province), High Commissioner in Australia, & Governor ( North Central Province).
• Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle, (Born 1952), Member of Parliament, Project Minister (Science & Technology), Member,(North Central Provincial Council), Director-General, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (T.R.C.S.L.) & Engineer (AC&R)
• Punchi Banda Bulankulame Dissawe, Member of the State Council (1936), Member, House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary (Agriculture), Minister of Lands & Land Development, Proctor & Notary Public and Captain (Cricket ),1919-1920, St.Thomas’ College, Mt.Lavinia

(Maternal Uncle of Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle and Granduncle of Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle)

• T.B.Harindranath Dunuwille,(Born 1946), Member of Parliament, State Minister of State & Constitutional Affairs, Member, Kandy Municipal Council, Mayor of Kandy and Attorney- at- Law

Ilangaratne

• T. B. Ilangaratne (1913–1992), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne, Member of Parliament

Jayewardene^[12]

• Tombi Mudaliyar Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1768–1830) A descendant of a Colombo Chetty originally from Coromandel Coast of India who married into a Sinhalese family called Jayewardene Conspired with the British to overthrow the last King of Kandy
  • Mudaliyar Don Abraham Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1801–1866)
    • James Alfred Jayewardene (c. 1845 – 1888), Deputy Coroner of Colombo + Cornelia Matilda Wijekoon
      • Hector Alfred Jayewardene, (1870 - 1913), member of the Colombo Municipal Council
      • Colonel T. G. Jayewardene (1872–1945), Member of State Council + Lena Attygalle
        • Major T.F. Jayawardena, Member of Parliament
      • Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (1874–1932), Chief Justice + Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena
        • J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
        • Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, QC (1916–1990), Member at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
      • John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene (1877 – 1927), Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
        • Clodagh Jayasuriya, Member of Parliament

Jayaratne

• S. D. R. Jayaratne, Government Minister (born 1931) (Former Fisheries Minister) and Member of Parliament for Chilaw(1960 to 2000)
  • Piyankara Jayaratne (born 1964),Civil Aviation Minister (former Deputy Speaker) and Member of Parliament

Wife: Heama Jayaratne Daughter: Indrangane Jayaratne(Australia)

Jayaratne (Doluwa, Gampola)

• D. M. Jayaratne Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
  • Anuradha Jayaratne Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Kariapper^[13][14]

• Marikkar Vedarala
  • Haji Marikkar Muhandiram - Dissawa of Wellassa , d:1817
    • Neina Marikkar
      • Ahamedu Lebbe Kariapper
        • Abdul Kareem Kariapper – Notary JP (Vanniah of Eravur Pattu and Koralai Pattu- circa 1912)
          • Hanoon Kariapper d:1952 + M. I. Abdul Rasool Mudali of Trincomalee
          • 2nd spouse of Hanoon Kariapper (the widow of M.I. Abdul Rasool) + M. A. M. Hussain, District Judge, d:2000
        • Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper -
          • M. S. Kariapper (1899–1989), Gate Mudaliyar, Member of Parliament
            • Subeitha + A. R. Mansoor, Member of Parliament, Former Government Minister and Former Sri Lankan ambassador to the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain^[15]
            • Daughter + M. M. Musthafa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
            • Daughter (Madani?) + Mohamed Cassim
              • M.C. Ahamed, Member of Parliament Kalmunai 1960-1977), d: 3 July 2008
        • Zainabu Natchiar Kariapper + Mohamed Meera Lebbe
          • Mohammed Meera Lebbe Hussain + Matheena Ummah
            • M. H. M. Ashraff (1948–2000), founder and leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Ferial Ismail Ashraff (born 1953), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
        • Daughter + [200] Abdul Latheef Kariapper (had 13 children of which 1 died in infancy, 1 died in early youth)
          • Abdul Kareem Kariapper + name not known (from Ninthavur)
            • Daughter (Nona) Kariapper+ Advocate Samsudeen Member of Parliament & former Sri Lankan Ambassador to UAE
              • Ariff Samsudeen Attorney-at-Law (1972) - Member of Eastern Provincial Council

Keerthiratne-Karunaratne

• N. H. Keerthiratne, Government Minister
• Asoka Karunaratne (1916–1988), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Samantha Karunaratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Kotelawala

• Don A Kotelawala
  • Inspector John Kotelawala Sr, Inspector of Ceylon Police Force
    • General Sir John Kotelawala, Third Prime Minister of Ceylon and Privy Councilor
    • Justin Kotalawela, Senator

(Cousins)

• • • George L. Kotelawala, (1922-1971) Member of Parliament (Bandaragama)

(Cousins)

• • D.C. Kotelawala, Muhandiram
    • Sir Henry Kotalawala, Member of the Legislative Council and State Council (Uva)
      • Jack Kotelawal, Member of the State Council and Parliament
      • Gladwin Kotelawala, Member of Parliament (Uva)

Lokubandara

• W. J. M. Lokubandara (born 1941), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
  • Udith Lokubandara (born 1984), Member of Parliament

Macan Markar

• Sir Mohamed Macan Markar (1885 - 1969), Minister of Home Affaires of the State Council, Member of the Legislative Council and Senator.
  • Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar (1893 - 1984), Member of parliament and Deputy Mayor of Colombo.

Mallimaratchi

• Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (Born 1929), Minister Of Food, Co-operatives & Janasaviya (Poverty Alleviation) Minister of Petroleum Services,State Minister Of Industry, District Minister Of Colombo Member Of Parliament 1977 - 1994
  • Jayantha Mallimaratchi (1955-1989), Member of Colombo Municipal Council 1978-1989
  • Janaka Mallimaratchi , Member of Western Provincial Council 1993 - 2009

Mathew

• Edley Winston Mathew (born on 27 January 1907), A Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), Member of the House of Representatives for Balangoda,
• Cyril Mathew (1912–1989), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
• Nanda Mathew, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Uva Province

Molamure

• Sir Alfred Francis Molamure, first speaker of Parliament + Lady Adeline Meedeniya, Member of State Council of Ceylon and Senate (Daughter of J. H. Meedeniya Adigar, Member of the Legislative Council)
  • Seetha Molamure, Member of the Senate of Ceylon

Moulana

• Seyed Alavi Moulana, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province.
• Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (born 1956), Member of Parliament (1994-2004, 2015- ), Diplomat, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister. Played a pivotal role that brought about the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Muhammedh^[16]

• Mathicham Saleem Lebbe Muhammedh Thamby Vidane alias Muhammedh Vidane (1819–1879) + Amina (1827–1899) of Negombo - He succeeded his father as the Vidane (Village Headman) for part of Negombo (assumed to be for Udayar Toppu area) somewhere around mid 1800AD
  • Meena Muhammedh Thamby + Name not known
    • Yoosoof Lebbe Vidane of Negombo
      • Yoosoof Lebbe Mubarak Vidane of Negombo - He succeeded his father as the Vidane
    • Omardeen Police Vidane(d 1921)of Negombo
      • Omardeen Abdul Wahab Vidane
  • Muhammedh Thamby Samsudheen Vidane Arachchi alias Dheen Arachchi (1860–1915) + Hafsa Marikar (1870–1950) of Negombo - He was appointed as the “Vidane Arachchi “ for Negombo in Eighteen Ninety Six (1896)
    • Fathima Zuhara Dheen (1893–1967) + Abdulla Court Mudliyar (d 1944)
      • Safa Abdulla (1914–2007) + Hussain Sheik Ismail Proctor (1901–1974) of Putlam - He entered the field of politics in 1928 when he became a member of the Puttalam Local Board. He was elected as a member of the Puttalam Urban Development Council In 1933. He became its chairman in 1938 and served in that post without a break until 1947. At the first Parliamentary elections which was held in 1947, he was elected uncontested and thus holding the distinction of being referred to as the First Member of the First Independent Parliament of Ceylon. He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food and Co-operatives under the Govt. of Rt. Hon D.S. Senanayake. As a Deputy Minister of food and Co-operatives (1947–1948) he managed to open a large number of Co-operative Societies all over the country. Later on he was elected as the Deputy Chairman of Committees and subsequently, had the distinction of being elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The culmination of Proctor Ismail’s political career came when he was unanimously elected as the speaker in 1956, thus creating another first in the annals of Sri Lankan political history; the first Muslim speaker of the parliament of Ceylon (1956–1959)
      • M. Abdulla Thaha (1915 – 1969) + Kadheeja (1934 – 1989) - Member of Negombo Urban Council (1944-1949)
      • Abdulla Abdul Rahman Proctor (1921–1998)+ Hamzathul Inaya Abdul Raheeman (1927)
        • Fahima Abdul Rahman (1951) + Sheriff Sabry (1940–2008) of Ratmalana - He was the first Muslim to be appointed as the Auditor General (1993–2000) of Sri Lanka
      • Ummu Aimun Abdulla (1923–2000) + Anis Sheriff JP - He was the first Muslim to be the Deputy Mayor of Negombo Municipal Council and was also a member of the Western Provincial Council.
    • Ismail Dheen Proctor JP (1894–1968) + Hameeda Habeeblebbe (d 1970) - He was the first Muslim to qualify as a Lawyer in Negombo and was also the Quazi for Negombo
    • Samsudheen Abdul Raheeman Proctor JPUM (1896–1965) + Rahma Abdul Azeez (1910–2002) - He was the only Muslim to be the Chairman (1941–1944) of the then Negombo Urban Council.
    • Shareefa Dheen (1897–1986) + Haneefa
      • Haneefa Cafoor (1916–1970) + Jezima Muhammed (d 2001)
        • Aleema Cafoor (1947) + Farook (1937–1996) of Mawanella - He was a Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council at the time of his death
      • Haneefa Mahroof Proctor JPUM (1919–1990) + Hamzackiya Abdul Raheeman (1931) - He was a member of the Negombo Municipal Council
    • Faleela Dheen (1901–1982) + Thamby Lebbe Abdul Hameed (1894–1959)
      • Sithy Rahma Abdul Hameed (1929–2006) + Abdul Raheem Rafeek JP (1927–1989)
        • Fariha Rafeek (1955) + Caesar Reyan Hassan (1947-2015) of Katugastota - He obtained the highest number of preferential votes for the Pathadumbara Electorate during the local government elections held in Nineteen ninety-one (1991) and thereby became the first Muslim to be the Vice Chairman of the Pathadumbara Pradeshiya Sabava
    • Shums Ruquiya Dheen (1905–1958) + Ali Abul Hassen JP (1903–1997)
      • Hafeela Hassen (1931) + Cassim Proctor JPUM (1923–1985)
        • Ajward Cassim (1955–1995) + Lilyana (1955) - (Migrated to Yugoslavia in 1980s) He was appointed as the Honorary Counsel General of Sri Lanka for Yugoslavia and held this post until his death.
  • Muhammedh Thamby Sinna Lebbe Marikar + Name not known
    • Marikar Abdul Razak Vidane of Negombo

Nanayakkara

• D. Francis Nanayakkara + Irene Nanayakkara (1917–2010)
  • Vasudeva Nanayakkara (born 1939), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Wasanthi Nanayakkara (Lawyer)
  • Yasapalitha Nanayakkara (1940–1996), Provincial Councillor & Film Director + Manoshri Perera Nanayakkara
  • Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Obeyesekere

• James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician, Senator, Government Minister + Mrs. Siva Obeyesekere – Politician, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Pathirana^[17]

• Richard Pathirana - Cabinet minister for Education and Higher Education (1994 to 2000) and State Administration and Home Affairs (2000–01)
  • Ramesh Pathirana - Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Galle district

Panabokke

• Tikiri Bandara Panabokke I - Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
  • Sir Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II - Minister of Health in the State Council of Ceylon
    • Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke - Deputy Minister of Justice & Agriculture

Perera

• Festus Perera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Larine Perera Member of Parliament, Provincial Minister, Provincial Councillor
  • Niroshan Perera, Member of Parliament and State Minister of Youth Affairs

Ponnambalam

• G. G. Ponnambalam KC (1901–1977), founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
  • Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, presidential candidate (1982)
    • Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (born 1974), leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Member of Parliament

Premadasa

• Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924–1993), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Hema Wickrematunge
  • Sajith Premadasa (born 1967), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Rajakaruna

• Sarathchandra Rajakaruna, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Businessmen
  • Harshana Rajakaruna, Member of Parliament, Businessmen

Rajapaksa^[18]

• Don David Rajapaksa, Vidane Arachchi
  • Don M Rajapaksa, Member of State Council, Senator
    • Lakshman Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament
    • George Rajapaksa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Shyamlal Rajapaksa, Provincial Councilor
      • Nirupama Rajapaksa (born 1962), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • D. A. Rajapaksa (1905–1967), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Chamal Rajapaksa (born 1942), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Chief Minister of Uva Province, Provincial Councillor
    • Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 1945), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Shiranthi Rajapaksa
      • Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Member of Parliament
    • Basil Rajapaksa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (born 1949), Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development

Ranatunga

• Reggie Ranatunga, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
  • Arjuna Ranatunga (born 1963), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Prasanna Ranatunga, Chief Minister of Western Province
  • Ruwan Ranatunga (born 1971), Member of Parliament

Ratwatte^[19]

• Wijayawardena Senevirat Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse
  • Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse Ralahamy Ratwatte + Loku Kumarihamy Ratwatte
    • Loku Nilame Adikaram Ratwatte + Meegastenne Amunugama Medduma Kumarihamy
      • Seneviratne Nilame Ratwatte (born 1827) + Amunugama Meegastenne Medduma Kumarihamy
        • Punchi Menika Ratwatte Kumarihamy + Paranagama Loku Mudiyanse
          • Abeyratne Banda Ratwatte Basnayake + Thalgahagoda Lewke Punchi Kumarihamy
            • Sir Cuda Ratwatte Adigar, First Mayor of Kandy
              • J. C. Ratwatte Adigar, Member of State Council + Phyllis Sita Aluvihare
                • Charitha Ratwatte, Chairmen of the United National Party
            • Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1883–1957), Rate Mahattaya and Dissava of Sabaragamuwa, Senator + Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy
              • Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Senator + S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
                • Sunethra Bandaranaike (born c. 1943), politician and socialite
                • Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament, Chief Minister of Western Province, Provincial Councillor + Vijaya Kumaratunga (1945–1988), actor and politician
                • Anura Bandaranaike (1949–2008), Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
              • Dr Mackie Ratwatte, Prime Minister's Private Secretary + Chandrika Iranganie Gopallawa
              • Clifford Ratwatte (-2009), Member of Parliament
            • Harris Leuke Ratwatte (1900–1964), Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Member of Parliament, Senator
              • General Anuruddha Ratwatte, Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
                • Lohan Ratwatte (born 1968), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
                • Mahendra Ratwatte, Basnayake Nilame of the Sri Maha Vishnu Devalaya of Kandy & Dedi Munda Devalaya of Aluthnuwara, Mayor of Kandy

(also related to the Bandaranaike family, William Gopallawa, A.R. Udugama, Hector Kobbekaduwa)

Sakalasuriya

• Sardhatissa Sakalasuriya, member of parliament, chairman of Provincial Council + Chandrika Sakalasuriya, Provincial Councillor
  • Samanmalee Sakalasuriya, Provincial Councillor

Samaraweera

• Mahanama Samaraweera, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Khema Samaraweera
  • Mangala Samaraweera (born 1956), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Sangarapillai^[20]

• A. V. Sangarapillai,
  • Sir S. Pararajasingam, Senator + Pathmavathy Arunachalam
    • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
      • D. M. Swaminathan (born 1945), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to Coomaraswamy, Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay)

Saravanamuttu

• Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu, first elected Ceylonese Mayor of Colombo, Member of the State Council + Naysum Saravanamuttu, Member of the State Council
• Lieutenant Colonel S. Saravanamuttu, Member of the Colombo Municipal Council

Senanayake^[21]

Mudaliyar Don Spater Senanayake with son-in-law F H Dias-Bandaranaike, sons Don Stephen Senanayake, Don Charles Senanayake and Fredrick Richard Senanayake, daughter Maria Frances and wife Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera

• Don Bartholomews Senanayake
  • Don Spater Senanayake (1848–1907), Mudaliyar + Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake (born 1848)
    • Don Charles Senanayake (1878–1931) + Euphemia Grace Millicent
      • Ivy Senanayake (1911–1984) + Dr Edmond Asoka Bulankulame (1900–1978)
        • Visakha Bulankulame (1935–1999) + Tissa Wijeyeratne (1923–2002)
    • Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Member of Legislative Council and independence activist + Ellen Attygalle
      • Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1911–1970) Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Don Stephen Senanayake (1884–1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Member of Legislative Council
      • Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Robert Parakrama Senanayake (1913–1986)
        • Ranjani Senanayake + Ranjith Wijewardene
          • Ruwan Wijewardene (born 1975), Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor
        • Rukman Senanayake (born 1948), Assistant Leader of United National Party, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
        • Ranjit Senanayake + Suwanitha
          • Vasantha Senanayake (born 1973), Member of Parliament

(also related to Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, Junius Richard Jayewardene, Ranjan Wijeratne and Ranil Wickremesinghe)

Senewiratne

• Captain C. P. J. Senewiratne, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Lakshman Senewiratne (born 1957), Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Tennakoon

• T. B. Tennakoon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Yasaratne Tennakoon, Member of Parliament, Adviser to the Prime Minister
    • Tilina Tennakoon, Member of Parliament
  • Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (born 1953), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
    • Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Provincial Councillor

Tambimuttu

• E. R. Tambimuttu
  • • Sam Tambimuttu, Member of Parliament
      • Arun Tambimuttu

Thondaman

• V. E. K. R. Karuppaiah (Kumaravel) + Sithammai
  • Savumiamoorthy Thondaman (1913–1999), founder and leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kothai
    • Ramanathan Thondaman
      • Arumugam Thondaman (born 1964), leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
        • Senthil Thondaman, Former Uva Provincial Council Minister

Ulaganathar of Manipay^[22]

Madava Mudaliyar (Birth between 1580 - 1600)

Kathirkama Mudali

• Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay 1664
  • Ulaganathar Mathar Mudaliyar
    • Mathar Kathirgamakanakkar
      • Kathirgamakanakkar Thillaiampalam
        • Thillaiampalam Arunachalam, Mudaliyar
          • A. Ponnambalam (1814–1887), Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate + Sellachchi Coomaraswamy
            • P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Member of Legislative Council
            • Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG QC (1851–1930), Solicitor General of British Ceylon, Member of Legislative Council + Sellachchi Ammal + Leelawathy Ramanathan (1870–1953)
              • Rajendra
                • Srimani + Sangarapillai Pathmanathan
                  • Deshamanya Justice P. Ramanathan (1932-2006) - Supreme Court judge, Governor of Western Province
              • Sivagamasundari + S. Natesan, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Senator
            • Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam KCMG CCS (1853–1924), Member of Executive Council, Member of Legislative Council + Swarnambal Namasivayam
              • Arunachalam Padmanabha
              • Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva KCMG (1888–1969), Government Minister, Member of Legislative Council, Member of State Council, High Commissioner to India
                • Balakumar (Baku) Mahadeva
              • Arunachalam Ramanathan
              • Pathmavathy Arunachalam + Sir S. Pararajasingam, Senator
                • Pararajasingham Nadesan
                • Lalithambikai (-2005) + M. Swaminathan
                  • D. M. Swaminathan (born 1945), Member of Parliament, Governor of Western Province

(also related to Coomaraswamy)

Viswanather-Arumugam-Cathiravelu

• Vinayakar Viswanather
  • Viswanather Arumugam
    • Arumugam Canagaratnam, Member of Legislative Council
    • Arumugam Cathiravelu, Magistrate and District Judge
      • Cathiravelu Sittampalam CCS (1898–1964), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Cathiravelu Ponnambalam, first mayor of Jaffna
  • Viswanather Casipillai, Crown Proctor

Wanniarachchi

• Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Western Province
  • Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi (born 1964), Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Kanchana Jayaratne, Chairman, Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council

Wickremesinghe

• D. P. Wickremasinghe, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Neranjan Wickremasinghe, Deputy Minister, Member of Parliament

Welagedara

• Dingiri Bandara (D.B) Welagedara (1915–1989), Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Governor of North Central Province
  • Sarath Welagedara, Government Minister, Member of Parliament

Wickremanayake

• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (born 1933), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Vidura Wickremanayake, Member of Parliament, Provincial Councillor

Wijewardene^[23]

• Tudugalage Muhandiram Don Phillip Wijeywardene + Dona Helena Dep Weerasinghe
  • Don Walter T Wijewardene (1894–1939) + Anula Kalyanawathi Wijesinghe
    • Upali Wijewardene (1938–1983)
    • Anoja Devi Wijewardene + Prof Stanley Wijesundera
      • Shalitha Wijesundera, Member of the Western Provincial Council
  • D. R. Wijewardena (1886–1950) + Alice Meedeniya
    • Ranjith Wijewardene + Ranjani Senanayake
      • Ruwan Wijewardene (born 1975), Ex Member of the Western Provincial Council and current Member of Parliament
    • Nalini Wijewardene + Esmond Wickremesinghe
      • Ranil Wickremasinghe (born 1949), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardene + Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene (1874–1932), Chief Justice
    • Junius Richard Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
    • Hector Wilfred Jayewardene (1916–1990)

Wijeyeratne^[24]

• Gabrial Perera Wijeyeratne + Dona Catherina Wickremasinghe Jayasekera
  • Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Government Minister, Senator + Leela Pethiyagoda Kumarihamy
    • Tissa Wijeyeratne (1923–2002), politician, diplomat, Barrister-at-Law and businessman He was also Additional Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, and Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister + Bulankulame
    • Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne (1924–2007), Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Government Minister, Member of Parliament + Nita Dullewe
      • Neranjan Wijeyeratne (born 1956), Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Leader of the Opposition in the Kandy Municipal Council + Devika Mediwake
      • Mano Wijeyeratne (1957–2011), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
      • Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne, Acting Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Provincial Councillor

(also related to Senanayake, Ratwatte and Gopallawa)

Yapa Abeywardena

• Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (born 1945), Government Minister, Chief Minister, Member of Parliament
• Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born 1955), Government Minister, Member of Parliament
  • Pasanda Yapa Abeywardena, Politician
  • Sarath Yapa Abeywardena, Provincial Councillor

References

• Shauketaly, Faraz (30 May 2010). "The Dynastic Politics Of Sri Lanka". The Sunday Leader.
• Shauketaly, Faraz (6 June 2010). "More Dynastic Politicians". The Sunday Leader.

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