Athauda Seneviratne (19 September 1931 – 31 March 2022) was a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...

. He was also a Cabinet Minister of Sri Lanka.

Political career

In 1957 Athauda was elected to the Village Council of Othara Gam Dolaha Pattu. In 1960 he unsuccessfully contested the March 1960 parliamentary election in the Dedigama Electoral District. At the 1965 parliamentary election he ran in the Ruwanwella Electoral District, representing the

Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP ( literally: Lanka Equal Society Party, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி), is a major Trotskyist po ...

(LSSP), failing by 417 votes although he did win the seat at the subsequent elections in 1970, defeating the sitting member P. C. Imbulana by 2,936 votes. He failed to win re-election in

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, losing by 4,067 votes to Imbulana. Athauda was elected as a member of the

Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council The Sabaragamuwa Province (, , ) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. Ratnapura is the capital of the province. History The provinces of Sri Lanka were created by the British in the 19th century, but did not have any legal status until 198 ...

and became the Leader of the Opposition at the Provincial Council in 1988. In June 1999 he was appointed the Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province a position he retained until October 2000. In

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he was elected to

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representing the

Kegalle Electoral District Kegalle electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province. The ...

a position that he retained until the

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. He served in the ministries of Labor, Youth Affairs, and Mineral Resources Development.

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Sri Lanka Parliament profile
1931 births 2022 deaths Politicians from Colombo Members of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Chief ministers of Sabaragamuwa Province Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Labour ministers of Sri Lanka {{SabaragamuwaLK-politician-stub

Political career

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