Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක මනෝද විජයරත්න) (28 July 1957 – 29 October 2011) (known as ''Mano Wijeyeratne'') was a former Politician, Government Minister, Coordinating Secretary to the

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, Chairman of Road Accidents Prevention Authority , Member of United National Party and

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chief organiser for the Dedigama Electorate in Kegalle District he was former Member of Parliament from

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. Wijeyeratne had also served as Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development in President

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's Government and Minister of Plantation Services under President D B Wijetunga's Government.

Early life

Born to a political dynasty in Sri Lanka, he was the second son of Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne & Nita Dullewe Wijeyeratne and he had three brothers and a sister. They are Neranjan, Anuradha, Lankesh & Nishangani. Mano Wijeyeratne's father Nissanka and grandfather, Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne were prominent politicians who had become cabinet ministers. He was educated at the

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Political career

Mano Wijeyeratne served as Member of

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for 17 years and had been elected to the parliament from

four times from the United National Party in the years

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

.He was a member of the United National party from 1989 to 2007 before crossingover to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2007-till his death). He was a former District Leader of Kegalle District for the United National Party (2004-2007). He had also served as Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development and Plantation Services. At the time of his death he was serving as the

chief organiser for the Dedigama Electorate.

Family

He was first married to Dushyanthi Wegodapola Daughter of

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Stanley Wegodapola (ex ADC to President of Sri Lanka) and Mrs Prema Wegodapola of Ratwatte

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, Ukuwela. Mano Wijeyeratne had three children, eldest son

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Subodhana Wijeyeratne ( BA & MA from University of Cambridge, UK. &

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from Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA) current he is a Professor at

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, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Tales From The Stone Lotus by Subodhana Wijeyeratne
Amazon Varanusha (died at an early age), and Hasitha (a BSc graduate in Diagnostic Radiography from the

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, UK). His second spouse was Bharathi Wijeratne.

References

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The Wijeyeratne Ancestry

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wijeyeratne, Mano 1957 births 2011 deaths Sri Lankan Buddhists Mano Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Government ministers of Sri Lanka 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 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Early life

Political career

Family

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