Tikiribanda Harindranatha "Harindra" Dunuwille (born 29 September 1946) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was a former member of parliament (1989–1994), former Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs (1989–93), and

Mayor of Kandy The mayor of Kandy is the mayor and head of the Kandy Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Kandy Municipal Council established by the ''Municipalities Ordinance of 1865''. The offices of the mayor are at the Kandy Town Hall. ...

(1997–2002). Born to a prominent family in

Kandy Kandy (, ; , ) is a major city located in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy. The city is situated in the midst of ...

, Dunuwille was educated at

Trinity College, Kandy Trinity College, Kandy is a private Anglican boys' school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It offers both day and boarding facilities. It was founded in 1872 by British Anglican missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, modelled on Britis ...

and

Ceylon Law College Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enrol as an Attorney-at-Law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Le ...

. A keen sportsmen he won the coveted Trinity Lion in 1966 and was also the president of the Students Union at the Ceylon Law College. Starting a successful legal practice in Kandy, he went on to become the president of the Kandy Bar Association and the vice-president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. He entered politics in the 1980s and was elected to the

Kandy Municipal Council The Kandy Municipal Council is the local council for Kandy, the second largest city of Sri Lanka. The council was formed under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865 and first met in 1866. The municipal council is the second oldest and largest lo ...

and served as the mayor of Kandy for two consecutive terms. From 1989 to 1994 he was a Member of Parliament and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs. He is a cousin of the actress

Iranganie Serasinghe Iranganie Roxanna Meedeniya (born 9 June 1927),"Irangani As Told to Kumar de Silva", Kumar de Silva, Samaranayake Publishers, 2013 best known as Iranganie Serasinghe, is a Sri Lankan actress of theater and television. Since her debut in ''Rekava' ...

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Harindra Dunuwille
Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Mayors of Kandy Sinhalese people Sri Lankan lawyers United National Party politicians Alumni of Ceylon Law College Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy Living people 1946 births {{SriLanka-mayor-stub