Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
| Honourable Weerasinghe Mallimaratchi MP | |
|---|---|
| Former Cabinet Minister of Food and Co-operative and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation ) He is the world's first cabinet minister of Poverty Alleviation ) | |
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Colombo District Kolonnawa | |
|
In office 25 August 1977 – 24 October 1994 | |
| Preceded by | T. B. Ilangaratne |
| Succeeded by | Bennet Cooray |
| Majority | 5300 votes |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6th November 1929 Kandy Central province |
| Died |
24 October 1994 (aged 64) Thotalanga, Grandpass, Sri Lanka. |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Prema Mallimaratchi |
| Children | Jayantha,Kumar & Janaka |
| Residence | 10,Tamarind Gardens,Kolonnawa |
| Alma mater | Ananda College & Dharmaraja College,Kandy |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Member of Parliament from 1977 to 1994
Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970-1971 Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962-1977 District Minister of Colombo 1978-1988 Minister of Petroleum Services 1988-1989 State Minister of Industries 1989-1990 Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (d. October 24, 1994) was the Cabinet Minister of Food / Co-operative and Janasaviya) of United National Party government from 1990-94.[1] He was elected to parliament in 1977 & re-elected in 1989 and in 1994 from the Kolonnawa electorate in Colombo district. Parliamentary election of 1994. But his political life was cut short when he was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while attending an election rally in support of Gamini Dissanayake, for the Presidential election of 1994.[2]