List of political families in Sri Lanka

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

Abdul Majeed

Abeyrathne

Abeywickrema

Aluwihare

..Loku Banda Aluvihare. former Mayor, Kandy

Amarasuriya[2]

Amunugama

Ashraff

Atapattu[3]

(also related to Dr Karunasena Kodituwakku)

Atukorale

Athulathmudali[4]

Attanayake

Attygalle[5]

Balasuriya

Bandara

Bandaranaike[6]

Horagolla Walauwa, Atthanagalla. family seat of the Bandaranaike family

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

Bakeer Markar

Bulankulame

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

Cooray

Coomaraswamy[7]

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

Corea

(Also related to)

(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

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

Dissanayake

De Mel

Dunuwille

Ekanayake

Gamage

Ganesan

Gopallawa[8]

(also related to Ratwatte)

Gunasekara

Gunawardena (Boralugoda Ralahamy)[9]

Gunewardane

Hewavitarne-Moonesinghe[11]

Hurulle

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

Ilangaratne

Jayewardene[12]

Jayaratne

Wife: Heama Jayaratne Daughter: Indrangane Jayaratne(Australia)

Jayaratne (Doluwa, Gampola)

Kariapper[13][14]

Keerthiratne-Karunaratne

Kotelawala

(Cousins)

(Cousins)

Lokubandara

Macan Markar

Mallimaratchi

Mathew

Molamure

Moulana

Muhammedh[16]

Nanayakkara

Obeyesekere

Pathirana[17]

Panabokke

Perera

Ponnambalam

Premadasa

Rajakaruna

Rajapaksa[18]

Ranatunga

Ratwatte[19]

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

Sakalasuriya

Samaraweera

Sangarapillai[20]

(also related to Coomaraswamy, Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay)

Saravanamuttu

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

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

Senewiratne

Tennakoon

Tambimuttu

Thondaman

Ulaganathar of Manipay[22]

Madava Mudaliyar (Birth between 1580 - 1600)

Kathirkama Mudali

(also related to Coomaraswamy)

Viswanather-Arumugam-Cathiravelu

Wanniarachchi

Wickremesinghe

Welagedara

Wickremanayake

Wijewardene[23]

Wijeyeratne[24]

(also related to Senanayake, Ratwatte and Gopallawa)

Yapa Abeywardena

References

  1. "Postmaster General Rohana Abeyratne Archives - Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst | News1st | newsfirst.lk | Breaking". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst | News1st | newsfirst.lk | Breaking. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. Jayawickrama/Amarasuriya Ancestry
  3. "Family #3054 Atapattu" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  4. "Family #3053 Athulathmudali" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  5. "Family #3119 Attygalle" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  6. "Family #1001 Bandaranaike" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  7. "Family #5013 Coomaraswamy". Sri Lankan Tamil Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  8. "Family #3004 Gopallawa" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  9. "Family #3069 Gunawardena" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  10. "Family #3006 Hewavitharana" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  11. "Family #3002 Jayewardene" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  12. "Family #219 Ahamadu Lebbe Kariapper". Sri Lankan Muslim Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  13. "Family #203 Ibra Lebbe Kariapper". Sri Lankan Muslim Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  14. List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats
  15. "Family #214 Mathicham Muhammedh Vidane of Negombo". Sri Lankan Muslim Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  16. Vote of Condolence on Minister Dr Richard Pathirana
  17. "Family #3086 Rajapaksa" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  18. "Family #3060 Ratwatte Basnayake" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  19. "Family #5026 Sangarapillai". Sri Lankan Tamil Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  20. "Family #3001 Senanayake" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  21. "Family #5006 Ulaganathar Mudaliyar of Manipay". Sri Lankan Tamil Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  22. "Family #3062 Wijewardena" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
  23. "Family #3147 Wijeyeratne" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.
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