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Kamal Karunanayake (29 May 1937 - 18 November 2006) was a former MP, who represented the

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as a

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member from 1989 to 1994. After Karunanayake was educated at

Nalanda College Colombo Nalanda College () is a Buddhist school in Sri Lanka that provides primary and secondary education for boys.Peradeniya University The University of Peradeniya (, ) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission. It is the largest university in Sri Lanka, which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942. The university w ...

in 1962. He received a doctorate from the

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in England in 1969. In 2002 he retired as the Professor of Economics and the Director of the Centre for Development Studies at the

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. Since November 2006, he served as the Senior Presidential Advisor in Economics contributing to the formulation of the Mahinda Chintana policy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karunanayake, Kamal Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Sinhalese people Sri Lankan academics Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo 1937 births 2006 deaths Sri Lankan economists