Alick Aluvihare
Wanisekara Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Alick Aluvihare ( Sinhalese ඇලික් අළුවිහාරේ ; * December 20, 1926 in Matale , Central Province ; † May 17, 2009 in Colombo ) was a Sri Lankan politician of the United National Party (UNP).
Life
Aluvihare completed his education at Wijaya College and St. Thomas' College in his native Matale and then worked as a planter and entrepreneur. He joined the by on September 6, 1946 , Don Stephen Senanayake founded United National Party (UNP) as a member of and began his political career in 1947 as mayor of Matale. In 1961 he was elected member of parliament for the UNP in a by-election in the constituency of Matale and was a member of this until the 1970 election . In 1970 he became a member of the working committee of the UNP and was re-elected member of parliament for the latter in the 1977 election, in which he represented the interests of the Matale constituency for another 22 years until his death on May 17, 2009 .
In March 1989, Aluvihare was appointed Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunga . Subsequently, in the course of a government reshuffle, he took over the post of Minister for Ports and Shipping in 1991 and held this ministerial office from May 1993 to August 1994 in the first government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe . In December 2001 he took over the post of Minister of the Interior and Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government in the second government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and held this post until the end of Wickremesinghes in April 2004.
His marriage to Jinawathie on May 9, 1957 had five children, including Ranjith Aluvihare , who was a member of parliament between 2000 and 2010 and again since 2015, and Wasantha Aluvihare , who was Chief Minister of the Central Province between 2003 and 2004 and also since 2010 Is a member of parliament.
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Entry in rulers.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Ranjith Aluvihare on the homepage of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- ↑ Wasantha Aluvihare on the website of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aluvihare, Alick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aluvihare, Wanisekara Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Alick (full name); ඇලික් අළුවිහාරේ (Sinhala) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sri Lankan politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Matale , Central Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 2009 |
| Place of death | Colombo |