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Nanda Gunasinghe
Member of Parliament
for Galle District
In office
August 1994 – December 2001
Personal details
Born
Kaluarachchige Nandadasa Gunasinghe

(1944-03-15)15 March 1944
Galle
Died2 March 2006(2006-03-02) (aged 61)
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
ChildrenThisara gunasinghe and wathsala gunasinghe
Residence(s)448, Girisewana, wanchawala, galle
EducationMaster of art
Alma materVidyaloka College
University of Colombo
ProfessionTeacher

Kaluarachchige Nandadasa Gunasinghe (15 March 1944 – 2 March 2006) was a Sri Lankan politician.[1][2] A member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Gunasinghe represented the Sri Lankan parliament for Galle district from 1994 to 2001.[3] Gunasinghe later entered the Southern Provincial Council as a Provincial Councillor. He also served as the Chairman of the Dhakshina Sanwardena Adhikariya (Southern Development Authority) and as a Director of the Water Board.[4]

Formerly a school teacher who joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1977, he subsequently became the chief organiser of the Habaraduwa electorate.[4] Gunasinghe had his education at Vidyaloka College, Galle and Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo.[citation needed] He died on 2 March 2006 at the age of 62. His son Thisara is also involved in politics. He is currently working as a Habaraduwa chief organiser of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hon. Gunasinghe, Kaluarachchige Nandadasa, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Politicians’ children, actresses in the fray, Ranil Wijayapala, Sunday Observer [1]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Death of Nanda Gunasinghe". Daily News. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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